Real Madrid 3-0 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 16 March 2011

Result

Real Madrid 3-0 Olympique Lyonnais

Champions League · Wednesday 16 March 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Real Madrid 3-0 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Real Madrid won against Olympique Lyonnais 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 16 March 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Marcelo opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Marcelo (37'), Karim Benzema (66') and Ángel Di María (76'). Olympique Lyonnais did not score.

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 9th on 17 points from 7 and Olympique Lyonnais 22nd on 11 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Real Madrid wins, 4 draws and 3 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · PepeReal Madrid
  • 30'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoReal Madrid
  • 37'Goal · MarceloReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Yoann GourcuffOlympique Lyonnais
  • 54'Yellow card · Aly CissokhoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 66'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Ángel Di MaríaReal Madrid · 3-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Real Madrid 0, draws 4, Olympique Lyonnais 3.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iker Casillas, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Mesut Özil, Sami Khedira, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María, Xabi Alonso

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-3-3)

Hugo Lloris, Dejan Lovren, Anthony Reveillere, Aly Cissokho, Kim Källström, Jérémy Toulalan, Yoann Gourcuff, Jimmy Briand, Lisandro López, César Delgado Godoy, Cris