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
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.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 53'Yellow card · Grégory Cerdan
- 56'Goal · Juninho Pernambucano
- 59'Yellow card · Géder
Head-to-head
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