Manchester United 1-0 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 4 March 2008
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Olympique Lyonnais
Champions League · Tuesday 4 March 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester United 1-0 Olympique Lyonnais: match report
Manchester United beat Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 4 March 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United in the 41st minute.
Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 7th 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.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 2 draws and 0 for Olympique Lyonnais.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Olympique Lyonnais's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 23'Yellow card · Fabio Grosso
- 41'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 43'Yellow card · Nani
- 55'Yellow card · Sebastien Squillaci
- 74'Yellow card · Darren Fletcher
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha
Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up (4-3-3)
Sébastien Squillaci, Mathieu Bodmer, Francois Clerc, Anthony Reveillere, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Jérémy Toulalan, Nadir Belhadj, Karim Benzema, Sidney Govou