Valenciennes 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 29 January 2011

Result

Valenciennes 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Saturday 29 January 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Valenciennes 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Valenciennes won against Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 29 January 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

M. Biševac opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Valenciennes's goals came from M. Biševac (51', penalty) and Grégory Pujol (58'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Michel Bastos (70').

Discipline: Valenciennes received 1 yellow card; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 16th on 22 points from 20 and Olympique Lyonnais 4th on 34 points from 20. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd with 64.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valenciennes win, 4 draws and 4 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · P. DiakhatéOlympique Lyonnais
  • 38'Yellow card · Gaëtan BongValenciennes
  • 51'Penalty goal · M. BiševacValenciennes · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Jérémy ToulalanOlympique Lyonnais
  • 58'Goal · Grégory PujolValenciennes · 2-0
  • 70'Goal · Michel BastosOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Valenciennes 1, draws 4, Olympique Lyonnais 4.

Team news

Valenciennes line-up (4-3-3)

Nicolas Penneteau, Milan Biševac, Benjamin Angoua, Matthieu Dossevi, Remi Gomis, Carlos Sánchez, Tae-hee Nam, Gaël Danic, Gregory Pujol, David Ducourtioux, Gaëtan Bong

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

Hugo Lloris, Anthony Reveillere, Aly Cissokho, Kim Källström, Michel Bastos, Jérémy Toulalan, Yoann Gourcuff, Bafétimbi Gomis, Cris, Pape Malick Diakhaté, Jérémy Pied