Sochaux 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 29 August 2007

Result

Sochaux 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 29 August 2007, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sochaux 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Sochaux lost to Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 29 August 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Sochaux's goal came from Valter Birsa (22', penalty). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Karim Benzema (19') and Mathieu Bodmer (57').

Discipline: Sochaux received 3 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sochaux were 19th on 2 points from 5 and Olympique Lyonnais 13th on 6 points from 4. Sochaux went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 1st with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sochaux wins, 1 draw and 3 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 22'Penalty goal · Valter BirsaSochaux · 1-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Rabiu AfolabiSochaux
  • 46'Yellow card · Guirane N'DawSochaux
  • 57'Goal · Mathieu BodmerOlympique Lyonnais · 1-2
  • 67'Yellow card · J. QuerciaSochaux
  • 76'Yellow card · Anthony ReveillereOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Loïc RémyOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sochaux 0, draws 1, Olympique Lyonnais 3.

Team news

Sochaux line-up (4-2-2-2)

Teddy Richert, Rabiu Afolabi, Maxime Josse, Damien Perquis, Stephane Dalmat, Guirane N'Daw, Badara Sène, Valter Birsa, Julien Quercia, Mevlüt Erdinç, Romain Pitau

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up

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