Le Mans 1-2 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 14 February 2009

Result

Le Mans 1-2 Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 14 February 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Le Mans 1-2 Nice: match report

Le Mans lost to Nice 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 14 February 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

Thorstein Helstad opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Le Mans's goal came from Thorstein Helstad (52'). Nice scored through E. Faé (76') and Mahamane Traore (90').

Discipline: Le Mans received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Nice received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Le Mans were 14th on 25 points from 22 and Nice 8th on 33 points from 22. Le Mans went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Nice 9th with 50.

Le Mans lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nice in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Le Mans wins, 3 draws and 1 for Nice.

Going into the match Le Mans's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Nice's L-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Grégory CerdanLe Mans
  • 52'Goal · Thorstein HelstadLe Mans · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Thorstein HelstadLe Mans
  • 76'Goal · E. FaéNice · 1-1
  • 78'Red card · Grégory CerdanLe Mans
  • 78'Red card · Loïc RémyNice
  • 90'Goal · Mahamane TraoreNice · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · O. EchouafniNice

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Le Mans 3, draws 3, Nice 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

Nice expected line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Cyril Rool, Drissa Diakite, Cedric Kante, Onyekachi Apam, David Hellebuyck, Florent Balmont, Ederson, Bakari Koné, Anthony Modeste, Olivier Echouafni