Caen 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 December 2008
Result
Caen 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 December 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Caen 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report
Caen lost to Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Karim Benzema of Olympique Lyonnais in the 44th minute.
Discipline: Caen received 4 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Caen were 12th on 23 points from 18 and Olympique Lyonnais 1st on 35 points from 18. Caen went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd with 71.
Caen lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Caen win, 1 draw and 0 for Olympique Lyonnais.
Going into the match Caen's last five read D-D-L-W-D and Olympique Lyonnais's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Grégory Proment
- 44'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 51'Yellow card · N. Seube
- 52'Yellow card · Jean Makoun
- 67'Yellow card · Fred
- 70'Yellow card · Jérémy Sorbon
- 86'Yellow card · Alexandre Raineau
Head-to-head
Team news
Caen expected line-up (4-4-2)
Vincent Planté, Jérémy Sorbon, Cédric Hengbart, Reynald Lemaître, Grégory Leca, Yoan Gouffran, Grégory Proment, Benjamin Nivet, Remi Gomis, Nicolas Florentin
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