Olympique Lyonnais 2-2 Caen: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 April 2008

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 2-2 Caen

Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 April 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Olympique Lyonnais 2-2 Caen: match report

Olympique Lyonnais drew with Caen 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 26 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-2.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Karim Benzema (34') and Karim Benzema (54'). Caen scored through Juan Eluchans (38') and Lilian Compan (44').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Caen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 1st on 71 points from 34 and Caen 11th on 46 points from 34. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 1st with 79 points, and Caen 11th with 51.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Caen in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Grégory LecaCaen
  • 28'Yellow card · Fabio GrossoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 34'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Juan EluchansCaen · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Lilian CompanCaen · 1-2
  • 45'Second yellow · Fabio GrossoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 49'Yellow card · Rémi GomisCaen
  • 54'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 2-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Issam JemâaCaen
  • 83'Yellow card · Sidney GovouOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 0, draws 0, Caen 1.

Team news

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Gregory Coupet, Sébastien Squillaci, Anthony Reveillere, Francois Clerc, Mathieu Bodmer, Jérémy Toulalan, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Sidney Govou, Fred

Caen line-up (4-4-2)

Vincent Planté, Jérémy Sorbon, Reynald Lemaître, Cédric Hengbart, Grégory Leca, Yoan Gouffran, Grégory Proment, Benjamin Nivet, Juan Eluchans, Remi Gomis, Lilian Compan