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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Léo LacroixSaint-Étienne
  • 40'Yellow card · J. MorelOlympique Lyonnais
  • 41'Goal · Sergi DarderOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Mathieu ValbuenaOlympique Lyonnais
  • 67'Yellow card · Jordan FerriOlympique Lyonnais
  • 88'Goal · Rachid GhezzalOlympique Lyonnais · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 5, draws 2, Saint-Étienne 3.

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