Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 2 May 2012

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 Valenciennes

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 2 May 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Olympique Lyonnais · Valenciennes · Ligue 1 predictions

Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 Valenciennes: match report

Olympique Lyonnais won against Valenciennes 4-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 2 May 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Lisandro López opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Lisandro López (35'), Cris (69'), Lisandro López (71') and Jimmy Briand (88'). Valenciennes scored through Renaud Cohade (38', penalty).

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards; Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 5th on 56 points from 33 and Valenciennes 12th on 40 points from 34. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 4th with 64 points, and Valenciennes 12th with 43.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 4 draws and 3 for Valenciennes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Lisandro LópezOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Aly CissokhoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 38'Penalty goal · Renaud CohadeValenciennes · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Dusan DjuricValenciennes
  • 64'Yellow card · Maxime GonalonsOlympique Lyonnais
  • 69'Goal · CrisOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1
  • 71'Goal · Lisandro LópezOlympique Lyonnais · 3-1
  • 74'Yellow card · GilValenciennes
  • 88'Goal · Jimmy BriandOlympique Lyonnais · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 3, draws 4, Valenciennes 3.

Team news

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris, Bakary Koné, Mouhamadou Dabo, Aly Cissokho, Yoann Gourcuff, Maxime Gonalons, Lisandro López, Alexandre Lacazette, Jimmy Briand, Cris, Gueïda Fofana

Valenciennes line-up (4-3-3)

Nicolas Penneteau, Gil, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Matthieu Dossevi, Pape Abdou Camara, José Saez, Renaud Cohade, Mamadou Samassa, David Ducourtioux, Dusan Djuric, Gaëtan Bong