Nîmes 2-5 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 16 May 2021

Result

Nîmes 2-5 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 16 May 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Nîmes 2-5 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Nîmes lost to Olympique Lyonnais 2-5 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 16 May 2021. The half-time score was 1-3.

Moussa Koné opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Nîmes's goals came from Moussa Koné (5') and Moussa Koné (62'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Lucas Paquetá (8'), Memphis Depay (20'), Lucas Paquetá (24'), Houssem Aouar (55') and Islam Slimani (87').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Nîmes were 19th on 35 points from 36 and Olympique Lyonnais 4th on 73 points from 36. Nîmes went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 4th with 76.

Nîmes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Paquetá of Olympique Lyonnais (10.0), ahead of Moussa Koné (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nîmes wins, 1 draw and 3 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Moussa KonéNîmes · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · Lucas PaquetáOlympique Lyonnais · 1-1
  • 20'Goal · Memphis DepayOlympique Lyonnais · 1-2
  • 24'Goal · Lucas PaquetáOlympique Lyonnais · 1-3
  • 55'Goal · Houssem AouarOlympique Lyonnais · 1-4
  • 62'Goal · Moussa KonéNîmes · 2-4
  • 87'Goal · Islam SlimaniOlympique Lyonnais · 2-5

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Nîmes 0, draws 1, Olympique Lyonnais 3.

Team news

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Nîmes line-up (4-2-3-1)

Baptiste Reynet, Patrick Burner, Naomichi Ueda, Loïck Landre, Birger Meling, Andrés Cubas, Lamine Fomba, Niclas Eliasson, Renaud Ripart, Zinedine Ferhat, Moussa Koné

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anthony Lopes, Léo Dubois, Marcelo, Jason Denayer, Maxwel Cornet, Bruno Guimarães, Maxence Caqueret, Karl Toko Ekambi, Lucas Paquetá, Houssem Aouar, Memphis Depay