Olympique Lyonnais 4-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 September 2018

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 4-2 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 September 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Olympique Lyonnais 4-2 Olympique Marseille: match report

Olympique Lyonnais won against Olympique Marseille 4-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 23 September 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Houssem Aouar opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Houssem Aouar (27'), Bertrand Traoré (51'), Bertrand Traoré (60') and Nabil Fekir (74', penalty). Olympique Marseille scored through F. Thauvin (39') and Clinton N'Jie (82').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card; Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 11th on 7 points from 5 and Olympique Marseille 5th on 10 points from 5. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Olympique Marseille 5th with 61.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bertrand Traoré of Olympique Lyonnais (9.1), ahead of Nabil Fekir (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 5 draws and 1 for Olympique Marseille.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Houssem AouarOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Pape DiopOlympique Lyonnais
  • 35'Yellow card · Kevin StrootmanOlympique Marseille
  • 39'Goal · F. ThauvinOlympique Marseille · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Bertrand TraoréOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1
  • 60'Goal · Bertrand TraoréOlympique Lyonnais · 3-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Luiz GustavoOlympique Marseille
  • 74'Penalty goal · Nabil FekirOlympique Lyonnais · 4-1
  • 82'Goal · Clinton N'JieOlympique Marseille · 4-2
  • 83'Red card · Duje Caleta-CarOlympique Marseille

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 4, draws 5, Olympique Marseille 1.

Team news

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-4-1-1)

Anthony Lopes, Léo Dubois, Marcelo, Jason Denayer, Ferland Mendy, Bertrand Traoré, Pape Cheikh, Tanguy Ndombélé, Houssem Aouar, Nabil Fekir, Memphis Depay

Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yohann Pelé, Hiroki Sakai, Duje Caleta-Car, Luiz Gustavo, J. Amavi, Morgan Sanson, Kevin Strootman, Florian Thauvin, Dimitri Payet, Lucas Ocampos, Konstantinos Mitroglou