Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Le Mans: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 November 2008

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Le Mans

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 November 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Le Mans: match report

Olympique Lyonnais beat Le Mans 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 2 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Karim Benzema (22') and Juninho Pernambucano (56'). Le Mans did not score.

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received no yellow cards; Le Mans received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 1st on 24 points from 11 and Le Mans 9th on 18 points from 11. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Le Mans 16th with 40.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-1-2-3 and Le Mans in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 0 draws and 1 for Le Mans.

Going into the match Olympique Lyonnais's last five read W-D-D-L-W and Le Mans's L-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Grégory CerdanLe Mans
  • 56'Goal · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · GéderLe Mans

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 5, draws 0, Le Mans 1.

Team news

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up (4-1-2-3)

Gregory Coupet, Anthony Reveillere, Mathieu Bodmer, Sébastien Squillaci, Francois Clerc, Jérémy Toulalan, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Karim Benzema, Sidney Govou, Cris, Fred

Le Mans expected line-up (4-3-3)

Yohann Pelé, Marko Baša, Ibrahima Camara, Gregory Cerdan, Mathieu Coutadeur, Romaric, Túlio de Melo, Gervinho, Anthony Le Tallec