Olympique Marseille 3-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 6 April 2008

Result

Olympique Marseille 3-1 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 6 April 2008, 18:55 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Olympique Marseille 3-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Olympique Marseille won against Olympique Lyonnais 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 6 April 2008. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Djibril Cissé opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Djibril Cissé (25'), Mamadou Niang (27') and Mamadou Niang (53'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through an own goal by Lorik Cana (45+1').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 4th on 49 points from 31 and Olympique Lyonnais 1st on 67 points from 31. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 1st with 79.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Olympique Marseille win, 2 draws and 2 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Lorik CanaOlympique Marseille
  • 25'Goal · Djibril CisséOlympique Marseille · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Benoît CheyrouOlympique Marseille
  • 45+1'Own goal · Lorik CanaOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Laurent BonnartOlympique Marseille
  • 53'Goal · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille · 3-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Mathieu BodmerOlympique Lyonnais
  • 60'Yellow card · Djibril CisséOlympique Marseille
  • 86'Yellow card · Sidney GovouOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Olympique Marseille 1, draws 2, Olympique Lyonnais 2.

Team news

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

Steve Mandanda, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Julien Rodriguez, Lorik Cana, Laurent Bonnart, Kanga Akale, Benoît Cheyrou, Modeste M'bami, Samir Nasri, Djibril Cissé, Mamadou Niang

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

Gregory Coupet, Sébastien Squillaci, Anthony Reveillere, Francois Clerc, Mathieu Bodmer, Jérémy Toulalan, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Sidney Govou, Fred