Olympique Marseille 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 17 May 2009

Result

Olympique Marseille 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 17 May 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Olympique Marseille 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Olympique Marseille were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 17 May 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Olympique Marseille's goal came from Sylvain Wiltord (80'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Karim Benzema (31', penalty), Karim Benzema (42') and Juninho Pernambucano (90').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card; Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 2nd on 71 points from 35 and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd on 64 points from 35. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd with 71.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Olympique Marseille wins, 3 draws and 2 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Penalty goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Anthony ReveillereOlympique Lyonnais
  • 42'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-2
  • 59'Yellow card · BrandãoOlympique Marseille
  • 77'Yellow card · César Delgado GodoyOlympique Lyonnais
  • 80'Goal · Sylvain WiltordOlympique Marseille · 1-2
  • 90'Goal · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais · 1-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Olympique Marseille 2, draws 3, Olympique Lyonnais 2.

Team news

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

Steve Mandanda, Lorik Cana, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Laurent Bonnart, Ronald Zubar, Karim Ziani, Mamadou Niang, Bakari Koné, Vitorino Hilton, Hatem Ben Arfa

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up (4-1-2-3)

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