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 · Caen · Ligue 1 predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Reynald LemaitreCaen
  • 35'Yellow card · Frédéric ThomasLe Mans
  • 51'Goal · Modibo MaígaLe Mans · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Florian BoucansaudCaen
  • 62'Goal · GervinhoLe Mans · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Pablo BarzolaCaen

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Le Mans 0, draws 1, Caen 1.

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