Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 August 2007

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Saint-Étienne

Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 August 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Olympique Lyonnais · Saint-Étienne · Ligue 1 predictions

Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Saint-Étienne: match report

Olympique Lyonnais defeated Saint-Étienne 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 26 August 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Karim Benzema of Olympique Lyonnais in the 54th minute.

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card; Saint-Étienne received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 15th on 3 points from 3 and Saint-Étienne 11th on 5 points from 4. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 1st with 79 points, and Saint-Étienne 5th with 58.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Yellow card · Efstathios TavlaridisSaint-Étienne
  • 54'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Pascal FeindounoSaint-Étienne
  • 64'Yellow card · NivaldoSaint-Étienne
  • 68'Yellow card · Sidney GovouOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Loïc PerrinSaint-Étienne

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 3, draws 1, Saint-Étienne 0.

Team news

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up

Gregory Coupet, Sébastien Squillaci, Eric Abidal, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Florent Malouda, Jérémy Toulalan, Cris, Tiago, Sidney Govou, Alou Diarra

Saint-Étienne line-up (4-3-3)

Jérémie Janot, Cédric Varrault, Nivaldo, Stathis Tavlaridis, Mouhamadou Dabo, Loïc Perrin, Dimitri Payet, Pascal Feindouno, Ilan, Bafétimbi Gomis, Blaise Matuidi