Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 29 October 2011
Result
Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Saturday 29 October 2011, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Saint-Étienne: match report
Olympique Lyonnais beat Saint-Étienne 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 29 October 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
Jimmy Briand opened the scoring in the 82nd minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Jimmy Briand (82') and Yoann Gourcuff (90+1'). Saint-Étienne did not score.
Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 5th on 20 points from 11 and Saint-Étienne 8th on 16 points from 11. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 4th with 64 points, and Saint-Étienne 7th with 57.
Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 3 draws and 1 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Olympique Lyonnais's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Saint-Étienne's W-W-D-D-D.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · S. Marchal
- 52'Red card · Mouhamadou Dabo
- 56'Yellow card · Josuha Guilavogui
- 82'Goal · Jimmy Briand
- 90+1'Goal · Yoann Gourcuff
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-2-3-1)
Hugo Lloris, Dejan Lovren, Anthony Reveillere, Aly Cissokho, Kim Källström, Yoann Gourcuff, Maxime Gonalons, Alexandre Lacazette, Bafétimbi Gomis, Jimmy Briand, Cris
Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Albin Ebondo, Carlos Bocanegra, Loïc Perrin, Sylvain Marchal, Josuha Guilavogui, Dimitri Payet, Alejandro Alonso, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Laurent Batlles, Jérémy Clément