Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Sochaux: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 March 2012

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Sochaux

Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 March 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Sochaux: match report

Olympique Lyonnais defeated Sochaux 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 24 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Dejan Lovren opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Dejan Lovren (3') and Bafétimbi Gomis (66'). Sochaux scored through Modibo Maíga (72').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card; Sochaux received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 5th on 46 points from 28 and Sochaux 19th on 27 points from 28. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 4th with 64 points, and Sochaux 14th with 42.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sochaux in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sochaux.

Going into the match Olympique Lyonnais's last five read W-W-L-D-L and Sochaux's W-W-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Dejan LovrenOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 66'Goal · Bafétimbi GomisOlympique Lyonnais · 2-0
  • 72'Goal · Modibo MaígaSochaux · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Maxime GonalonsOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 7, draws 1, Sochaux 2.

Team news

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Dejan Lovren, Anthony Reveillere, Mouhamadou Dabo, Samuel Umtiti, Kim Källström, Clément Grenier, Michel Bastos, Maxime Gonalons, Lisandro López, Bafétimbi Gomis

Sochaux line-up (4-2-3-1)

Teddy Richert, Sébastien Corchia, Yaya Banana, David Sauget, Loic Poujol, Ryad Boudebouz, Marvin Martin, Sébastien Roudet, Vincent Nogueira, Joseph Romeric Lopy, Édouard Butin