Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 23 December 2009
Result
Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 23 December 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 Montpellier: match report
Olympique Lyonnais lost to Montpellier 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 23 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Victor Montano opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goal came from Bafétimbi Gomis (83'). Montpellier scored through Victor Montano (54') and Joris Marveaux (86').
Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 4th on 30 points from 18 and Montpellier 7th on 28 points from 17. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 2nd with 72 points, and Montpellier 5th with 67.
Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Montpellier in a 4-1-2-3.
Going into the match Olympique Lyonnais's last five read D-W-L-L-D and Montpellier's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 54'Goal · Victor Montano
- 60'Yellow card · Sidney Govou
- 68'Yellow card · Cyril Jeunechamp
- 69'Yellow card · Jérémy Toulalan
- 75'Yellow card · Cris
- 78'Yellow card · Geoffrey Jourdren
- 83'Goal · Bafétimbi Gomis
- 86'Goal · Joris Marveaux
- 90'Yellow card · Joris Marveaux
Team news
Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-2-3-1)
Hugo Lloris, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Anthony Reveillere, Aly Cissokho, Kim Källström, Michel Bastos, Jérémy Toulalan, Lisandro López, César Delgado Godoy, Cris, Sidney Govou
Montpellier line-up (4-1-2-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Joris Marveaux, Karim Aït-Fana, Tino Costa, Victor Hugo Montano, Souleymane Camara, Nenad Dzodic, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp