Auxerre 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 May 2008

Result

Auxerre 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 May 2008, 18:50 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Auxerre 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Auxerre were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 17 May 2008. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Auxerre's goal came from Frédéric Thomas (77'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Karim Benzema (1'), Fred (10') and Kim Källström (53').

Discipline: Auxerre received 1 yellow card; Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Auxerre were 15th on 44 points from 37 and Olympique Lyonnais 1st on 76 points from 37. Auxerre went on to finish that season 15th with 44 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 1st with 79.

Auxerre lined up in a 5-4-1 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Auxerre wins, 2 draws and 3 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 10'Goal · FredOlympique Lyonnais · 0-2
  • 38'Yellow card · Dennis OliechAuxerre
  • 53'Goal · Kim KällströmOlympique Lyonnais · 0-3
  • 66'Yellow card · FredOlympique Lyonnais
  • 77'Goal · Frédéric ThomasAuxerre · 1-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Auxerre 0, draws 2, Olympique Lyonnais 3.

Team news

Auxerre line-up (5-4-1)

Rémy Riou, Jean-Sebastien Jaures, Stephane Grichting, Jean-Pascal Mignot, Gabriel Tamaş, Kamel Chafni, Thomas Kahlenberg, Kévin Lejeune, Benoît Pedretti, Dennis Oliech, Daniel Niculae

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