Le Mans 2-0 Caen: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 29 November 2008
Result
Le Mans 2-0 Caen
Ligue 1 · Saturday 29 November 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Le Mans 2-0 Caen: match report
Le Mans beat Caen 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 29 November 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Modibo Maíga opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Le Mans's goals came from Modibo Maíga (51') and Gervinho (62'). Caen did not score.
Discipline: Le Mans received 1 yellow card; Caen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Le Mans were 10th on 21 points from 15 and Caen 9th on 21 points from 15. Le Mans went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Caen 18th with 37.
Le Mans lined up in a 4-3-3 and Caen in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Le Mans wins, 1 draw and 1 for Caen.
Going into the match Le Mans's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Caen's W-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Reynald Lemaitre
- 35'Yellow card · Frédéric Thomas
- 51'Goal · Modibo Maíga
- 56'Yellow card · Florian Boucansaud
- 62'Goal · Gervinho
- 86'Yellow card · Pablo Barzola
Head-to-head
Team news
Le Mans expected line-up (4-3-3)
Yohann Pelé, Marko Baša, Ibrahima Camara, Gregory Cerdan, Mathieu Coutadeur, Romaric, Túlio de Melo, Gervinho, Anthony Le Tallec
Caen expected line-up (4-4-2)
Vincent Planté, Jérémy Sorbon, Cédric Hengbart, Reynald Lemaître, Grégory Leca, Yoan Gouffran, Grégory Proment, Benjamin Nivet, Remi Gomis, Nicolas Florentin