Olympique Marseille 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 5 February 2012

Result

Olympique Marseille 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 5 February 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Olympique Marseille 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Olympique Marseille drew with Olympique Lyonnais 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 5 February 2012. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Benoît Cheyrou opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Benoît Cheyrou (16') and Brandão (34'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Bafétimbi Gomis (36') and an own goal by Souleymane Diawara (45').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card; Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 5th on 37 points from 21 and Olympique Lyonnais 4th on 38 points from 21. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 10th with 48 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 4th with 64.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Souleymane DiawaraOlympique Marseille
  • 16'Goal · Benoît CheyrouOlympique Marseille · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · BrandãoOlympique Marseille · 2-0
  • 36'Goal · Bafétimbi GomisOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Bakary KonéOlympique Lyonnais
  • 45'Own goal · Souleymane DiawaraOlympique Lyonnais · 2-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Samuel UmtitiOlympique Lyonnais
  • 86'Yellow card · Jimmy BriandOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Olympique Marseille line-up (4-3-3)

Steve Mandanda, César Azpilicueta, Nicolas N'Koulou, Jérémy Morel, Souleymane Diawara, Benoît Cheyrou, Charles Kabore, Morgan Amalfitano, Brandão, Loïc Rémy, Alou Diarra

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

Hugo Lloris, Bakary Koné, Anthony Reveillere, Aly Cissokho, Samuel Umtiti, Kim Källström, Michel Bastos, Maxime Gonalons, Lisandro López, Bafétimbi Gomis, Jimmy Briand