Olympique Lyonnais 5-1 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 21 September 2016

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 5-1 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 21 September 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Olympique Lyonnais · Montpellier · Ligue 1 predictions

Olympique Lyonnais 5-1 Montpellier: match report

Olympique Lyonnais defeated Montpellier 5-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 21 September 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

M. Sanson opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Nabil Fekir (36', penalty), Corentin Tolisso (42'), Nabil Fekir (57'), Corentin Tolisso (71') and Maxwel Cornet (75'). Montpellier scored through M. Sanson (4').

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

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 9th on 7 points from 5 and Montpellier 13th on 6 points from 5. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Montpellier 15th with 39.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Corentin Tolisso of Olympique Lyonnais (9.0), ahead of Nabil Fekir (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 1 draw and 3 for Montpellier.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · M. SansonMontpellier · 0-1
  • 8'Red card · Morgan PoatyMontpellier
  • 35'Yellow card · Mathieu DeplagneMontpellier
  • 36'Penalty goal · Nabil FekirOlympique Lyonnais · 1-1
  • 42'Goal · Corentin TolissoOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Nabil FekirOlympique Lyonnais · 3-1
  • 71'Goal · Corentin TolissoOlympique Lyonnais · 4-1
  • 75'Goal · Maxwel CornetOlympique Lyonnais · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 6, draws 1, Montpellier 3.

Team news

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (3-5-1-1)

Anthony Lopes, Nicolas N'Koulou, Emanuel Mammana, Jérémy Morel, Corentin Tolisso, Sergi Darder, Rafael, Lucas Tousart, Maciej Rybus, Nabil Fekir, Maxwel Cornet

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

Geoffrey Jourdren, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, Mathieu Deplagne, Morgan Poaty, Yacouba Sylla, Morgan Sanson, Ryad Boudebouz, Ellyes Skhiri, Souleymane Camara, Casimir Ninga