Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 August 2007
Result
Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 August 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Saint-Étienne: match report
Olympique Lyonnais defeated Saint-Étienne 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 26 August 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Karim Benzema of Olympique Lyonnais in the 54th minute.
Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card; Saint-Étienne received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 15th on 3 points from 3 and Saint-Étienne 11th on 5 points from 4. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 1st with 79 points, and Saint-Étienne 5th with 58.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 1 draw and 0 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Olympique Lyonnais's last five read L-L-W and Saint-Étienne's D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 46'Yellow card · Efstathios Tavlaridis
- 54'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 62'Yellow card · Pascal Feindouno
- 64'Yellow card · Nivaldo
- 68'Yellow card · Sidney Govou
- 90+1'Yellow card · Loïc Perrin
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up
Gregory Coupet, Sébastien Squillaci, Eric Abidal, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Florent Malouda, Jérémy Toulalan, Tiago, Cris, Sidney Govou, Fred
Saint-Étienne line-up (4-3-3)
Jérémie Janot, Cédric Varrault, Nivaldo, Stathis Tavlaridis, Mouhamadou Dabo, Loïc Perrin, Dimitri Payet, Pascal Feindouno, Ilan, Bafétimbi Gomis, Blaise Matuidi