Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Brest: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 January 2026

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Brest

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 January 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Olympique Lyonnais · Brest · Ligue 1 predictions

Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Brest: match report

Olympique Lyonnais won against Brest 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Pavel Sulc opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Pavel Sulc (41') and Abner (45+2'). Brest scored through Junior Dina Ebimbe (87').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards; Brest received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 6th on 30 points from 17 and Brest 10th on 22 points from 17. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 4th with 60 points, and Brest 12th with 39.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Endrick of Olympique Lyonnais (8.6), ahead of Abner (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 3 draws and 3 for Brest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Red card · Romain Del CastilloBrest
  • 41'Goal · Pavel SulcOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 45+2'Goal · AbnerOlympique Lyonnais · 2-0
  • 47'Yellow card · Ainsley Maitland-NilesOlympique Lyonnais
  • 86'Yellow card · AbnerOlympique Lyonnais
  • 87'Goal · Junior Dina EbimbeBrest · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 4, draws 3, Brest 3.

Team news

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

Dominik Greif, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata, Ruben Kluivert, Nicolás Tagliafico, Tanner Tessmann, Tyler Morton, Abner, Endrick, Pavel Sulc, Afonso Moreira

Brest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Grégoire Coudert, Kenny Lala, Brendan Chardonnet, Soumaïla Coulibaly, Bradley Locko, Joris Chotard, Hugo Magnetti, Romain Del Castillo, Lucas Tousart, Rémy Labeau Lascary, Ludovic Ajorque