Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 August 2011

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 August 2011, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Montpellier: match report

Olympique Lyonnais beat Montpellier 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 27 August 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Miralem Pjanic opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Miralem Pjanic (49') and Jérémy Pied (83'). Montpellier scored through Henri Bedimo (90+1').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 4 yellow cards; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 7th on 5 points from 3 and Montpellier 1st on 9 points from 3. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 4th with 64 points, and Montpellier 1st with 82.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-4-2 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Yellow card · Geoffrey DernisMontpellier
  • 43'Yellow card · Vitorino HiltonMontpellier
  • 49'Goal · Miralem PjanicOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · John UtakaMontpellier
  • 55'Yellow card · Kim KällströmOlympique Lyonnais
  • 61'Yellow card · Miralem PjanicOlympique Lyonnais
  • 65'Yellow card · Bafétimbi GomisOlympique Lyonnais
  • 82'Red card · Younès BelhandaMontpellier
  • 83'Goal · Jérémy PiedOlympique Lyonnais · 2-0
  • 90+1'Goal · Henri BedimoMontpellier · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Alexandre LacazetteOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Hugo Lloris, Bakary Koné, Dejan Lovren, Anthony Reveillere, Aly Cissokho, Kim Källström, Michel Bastos, Maxime Gonalons, Lisandro López, Bafétimbi Gomis, Jimmy Briand

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

Laurent Pionnier, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Younès Belhanda, Geoffrey Dernis, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Vitorino Hilton