Le Mans 2-1 Nancy: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 December 2007
Result
Le Mans 2-1 Nancy
Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 December 2007, 16:10 UTC · half-time 0-1
Le Mans 2-1 Nancy: match report
Le Mans beat Nancy 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 1 December 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Benjamin Gavanon opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Le Mans's goals came from Hassan Yebda (59') and Gervinho (79'). Nancy scored through Benjamin Gavanon (9', penalty).
Discipline: Le Mans received 1 yellow card; Nancy received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Le Mans were 6th on 23 points from 15 and Nancy 2nd on 31 points from 14. Le Mans went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Nancy 4th with 60.
Le Mans lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nancy in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Le Mans wins, 3 draws and 1 for Nancy.
Going into the match Le Mans's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Nancy's W-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 9'Penalty goal · Benjamin Gavanon
- 27'Yellow card · Jonathan Brison
- 59'Goal · Hassan Yebda
- 79'Goal · Gervinho
- 83'Yellow card · Gaston Curbelo
- 89'Yellow card · Ibrahima Camara
- 90+2'Yellow card · Sébastien Puygrenier
Head-to-head
Team news
Le Mans expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Yohann Pelé, Ibrahima Camara, Marko Baša, Gregory Cerdan, Jean Calve, Romaric, Mathieu Coutadeur, Stéphane Sessègnon, Túlio de Melo, Gervinho, Anthony Le Tallec
Nancy line-up (4-3-3)
André Luiz, Jonathan Brison, David Sauget, Pascal Berenguer, Benjamin Gavanon, Kim, Issiar Dia, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Gennaro Bracigliano, Frédéric Biancalani, Sébastien Puygrenier