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 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.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Lisandro López
- 37'Yellow card · Aly Cissokho
- 38'Penalty goal · Renaud Cohade
- 44'Yellow card · Dusan Djuric
- 64'Yellow card · Maxime Gonalons
- 69'Goal · Cris
- 71'Goal · Lisandro López
- 74'Yellow card · Gil
- 88'Goal · Jimmy Briand
Head-to-head
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