Saint-Étienne 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 31 August 2008

Result

Saint-Étienne 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 31 August 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Saint-Étienne 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Saint-Étienne were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 31 August 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Karim Benzema of Olympique Lyonnais in the 56th minute.

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 17th on 3 points from 3 and Olympique Lyonnais 5th on 7 points from 3. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd with 71.

Saint-Étienne 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 Saint-Étienne wins, 2 draws and 4 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Yellow card · Efstathios TavlaridisSaint-Étienne
  • 56'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Miralem PjanicOlympique Lyonnais
  • 78'Yellow card · Pascal FeindounoSaint-Étienne
  • 79'Yellow card · Hugo LlorisOlympique Lyonnais
  • 80'Yellow card · Jean MakounOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Saint-Étienne 0, draws 2, Olympique Lyonnais 4.

Team news

Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jody Viviani, Stathis Tavlaridis, Loïc Perrin, Mouhamadou Dabo, Moustapha Bayal Sall, Christophe Landrin, Pascal Feindouno, Dimitri Payet, Geoffrey Dernis, Bafétimbi Gomis, Blaise Matuidi

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

Gregory Coupet, Sébastien Squillaci, Francois Clerc, Anthony Reveillere, Jérémy Toulalan, Kim Källström, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Sidney Govou, Cris