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Saint-Étienne defeated Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 in a thrilling match at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. The game, corresponding to matchday 30 of Ligue 1, was played on April 20th, 2025, under the watchful eye of French referee François Letexier.
The home side started strongly, scoring the opening goal in the 10th minute through L. Stassin, assisted by L. Petrot. However, the joy was short-lived for the Saint-Étienne striker, who received a yellow card in the 24th minute. Lyon responded with a yellow card for A. Lacazette in the 27th minute. Further yellow cards were shown to Lyon players P. Akouokou and G. Mikautadze. Saint-Étienne extended their lead with a second goal from L. Stassin in the 67th minute. Lyon pulled one back through T. Tessmann in the 76th minute, assisted by G. Mikautadze, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the defeat. The end of the game saw several more yellow cards for both sides, including one for Clinton Mata just before the final whistle.
Despite having less possession (41% compared to Lyon’s 59%), Saint-Étienne created more goal-scoring opportunities (18 shots to Lyon’s 14), although their accuracy was lower, with only 6 shots on target. Lyon managed only 2 shots on target. Fouls were similar for both teams (12 each), and yellow cards dominated the encounter, with 3 for Saint-Étienne and 4 for Lyon.
Substitutions lyon: at minute 28 P. Akouokou came in and C. Tolisso went out., at minute 46 A. Maitland-Niles came in and P. Akouokou went out., at minute 46 T. Almada came in and J. Veretout went out., at minute 63 M. Fofana came in and S. Kumbedi went out., at minute 90 Clinton Mata came in and R. Cherki went out.
Substitutions saint etienne: at minute 74 B. Old came in and I. Cardona went out., at minute 74 L. Mouton came in and A. Moueffek went out., at minute 89 I. Sissoko came in and L. Stassin went out., at minute 89 Y. Abdelhamid came in and Z. Davitashvili went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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