Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 October 2016
Result
Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Saint-Étienne: match report
Olympique Lyonnais won against Saint-Étienne 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 2 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Sergi Darder opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Sergi Darder (41') and Rachid Ghezzal (88'). Saint-Étienne did not score.
Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 10th on 10 points from 7 and Saint-Étienne 5th on 13 points from 7. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Saint-Étienne 7th with 51.
Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Corentin Tolisso of Olympique Lyonnais (7.8), level with Rachid Ghezza (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 2 draws and 3 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Olympique Lyonnais's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Saint-Étienne's W-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Léo Lacroix
- 40'Yellow card · J. Morel
- 41'Goal · Sergi Darder
- 55'Yellow card · Mathieu Valbuena
- 67'Yellow card · Jordan Ferri
- 88'Goal · Rachid Ghezzal
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Lyonnais line-up (3-5-1-1)
Anthony Lopes, Nicolas N'Koulou, Emanuel Mammana, Jérémy Morel, Corentin Tolisso, Jordan Ferri, Sergi Darder, Lucas Tousart, Maciej Rybus, Nabil Fekir, Mathieu Valbuena
Saint-Étienne line-up (4-5-1)
Stéphane Ruffier, Léo Lacroix, Ole Selnæs, Kévin Monnet-Paquet, Kévin Malcuit, Vincent Pajot, Bryan Dabo, Jordan Veretout, Romain Hamouma, Arnaud Nordin, Robert Berić