Olympique Lyonnais survived a late onslaught by a tenacious Brest side to escape from Brittany with a scarcely deserved 3-2 win and return to top spot in Ligue 1 ahead of the remainder of the weekend programme, which affords title rivals Lille and PSG the opportunity to leapfrog them again when they face Lorient and […]
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Brest v Lyon Preview
Lyon travel to the Stade Francis-Le Blé tonight to take on a Brest side who currently sit twelfth in the Ligue 1 table and are unbeaten in their last three league matches (a win and two draws). Lyon are looking to bounce back from a disappointing home defeat to Montpellier last weekend. Brazilian central-defender Marcelo […]
Retro: Bournemouth 3-0 Lyon
A look back at Olympique Lyonnais’ visit to the south coast of England in Summer 2019. Match Date: Saturday 3rd August 2019, K.O. 15:30.Venue: The Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth. Less than a week after their Emirates Cup win in London, Lyon returned to British soil for a first ever meeting with Bournemouth. Canadian/Cuban-American duo Shawn Mendes […]
Dubois stunner sinks Bordeaux
A spectacular injury time winner from Lyon right-back Leo Dubois snatched a last gasp victory against Bordeaux at the Groupama Stadium on Friday night. The France international had advanced down the right flank and into a little bit of space inside the visitors’ penalty area when a speculative cross from substitute Maxwel Cornet found its […]
Saint-Etienne 0-5 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon swept aside Saint-Etienne with a crushing 5-0 win at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard to complete a Ligue 1 double over their bitter rivals and maintain the pressure on PSG and Lille at the top of the table. Back in November, Lyon had won this season’s first edition of the Rhône-Alpes derby 2-1 at the Groupama […]
Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 Metz
Ligue 1 leaders Lyon fell to a limp home defeat by mid-table FC Metz at the Groupama Stadium on Sunday night, bringing to and end the hosts’ run of sixteen games unbeaten. It was a fairly even game, lacking quality, littered with mistakes and characterised by poor finishing from both sides. It could have gone […]
Athletic win the Super Cup
Athletic Club sensationally beat Barcelona 3-2 after extra time to win the Supercopa de España final and capture their first trophy in over five years and only their second since their glorious double-winning season of 1983-84. Having despatched Real Madrid 2-1 in the semi-final in Malaga on Thursday night thanks to a brace of goals […]
Islam Slimani – Player Profile
Islam Slimani was signed by Olympique Lyonnais in the January 2021 transfer window to bolster the squad’s attacking options in the light of Moussa Dembélé‘s departure on loan to Atletico Madrid. The thirty-two year old Algerian international striker arrived on a free transfer from English Premier League club Leicester City on an eighteen month contract, […]
Rugby Players Breach Covid Bubble
The thoughtless actions of twelve rugby players have caused a match between England and the Barbarians to be cancelled at short notice. The match was due to be played at Twickenham on Sunday (25th October 2020) but has been called off because the group of players, who were supposed to be in a bio-secure bubble, […]
Lyon v Monaco Preview
Olympique Lyonnais face AS Monaco on Sunday night in the closing match of the eighth round of fixtures in Ligue 1. The game kicks off at 21:00 local time and will be shown live on BT Sport 1 in the UK (kick off 20:00 GMT). Lyon go into the match at close to full strength […]