Olympique Lyonnais 4-2 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2007

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 4-2 VfB Stuttgart

Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2007, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Olympique Lyonnais 4-2 VfB Stuttgart: match report

Olympique Lyonnais beat VfB Stuttgart 4-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 November 2007. The half-time score was 3-1.

Hatem Ben Arfa opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Hatem Ben Arfa (6'), Kim Källström (15'), Hatem Ben Arfa (37') and Juninho Pernambucano (90+3'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Mario Gómez (16') and Mario Gómez (56').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 4 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 50th on 3 points from 3 and VfB Stuttgart 72nd on 0 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-3-3 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Olympique Lyonnais win, 0 draws and 0 for VfB Stuttgart.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Hatem Ben ArfaOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Kim KällströmOlympique Lyonnais · 2-0
  • 16'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 2-1
  • 37'Goal · Hatem Ben ArfaOlympique Lyonnais · 3-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Yildiray BasturkVfB Stuttgart
  • 56'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 3-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Anthony ReveillereOlympique Lyonnais
  • 60'Missed penalty · Thomas HitzlspergerVfB Stuttgart
  • 74'Yellow card · Serdar TaşçıVfB Stuttgart
  • 75'Yellow card · Fabio GrossoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 89'Yellow card · Sidney GovouOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Abdul KeïtaOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+3'Goal · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais · 4-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 1, draws 0, VfB Stuttgart 0.

Team news

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up (4-3-3)

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

VfB Stuttgart expected line-up (4-4-2)

Raphael Schäfer, Serdar Taşçı, Roberto Hilbert, Ricardo Osorio, Arthur Boka, Fernando Meira, Sami Khedira, Pavel Pardo Segura, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Cacau, Mario Gómez