Valenciennes 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 March 2008
Result
Valenciennes 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 March 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valenciennes 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais: match report
Valenciennes were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 30 March 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Abdul Keïta opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Valenciennes's goal came from Éric Chelle (27'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Abdul Keïta (8') and Sidney Govou (65').
Discipline: Valenciennes received 1 yellow card; Olympique Lyonnais received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 9th on 41 points from 30 and Olympique Lyonnais 1st on 64 points from 30. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 1st with 79.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valenciennes wins, 1 draw and 2 for Olympique Lyonnais.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read W-D-D-D-L and Olympique Lyonnais's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Anthony Reveillere
- 8'Goal · Abdul Keïta
- 17'Yellow card · José Saez
- 27'Goal · Éric Chelle
- 60'Yellow card · Fred
- 65'Goal · Sidney Govou
- 75'Yellow card · Abdul Keïta
- 90+1'Yellow card · Cris
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-4-2)
Nicolas Penneteau, Guillaume Rippert, Rudy Mater, Carlos Sánchez, Sébastien Roudet, José Saez, Steve Savidan, Filip Sebo, A. Ouaddou, Djamel Belmadi, Éric Chelle
Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-1-4-1)
Gregory Coupet, Francois Clerc, Mathieu Bodmer, Anthony Reveillere, Sébastien Squillaci, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Abdul Keïta, Jérémy Toulalan, Cris, Fred, Sidney Govou