Le Mans 1-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 August 2008

Result

Le Mans 1-0 Saint-Étienne

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 August 2008, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Le Mans 1-0 Saint-Étienne: match report

Le Mans defeated Saint-Étienne 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 23 August 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Thorstein Helstad of Le Mans in the 38th minute.

Discipline: Le Mans received 1 yellow card; Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Le Mans were 7th on 3 points from 2 and Saint-Étienne 11th on 3 points from 2. Le Mans went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Saint-Étienne 17th with 40.

Le Mans lined up in a 4-3-3 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Le Mans wins, 0 draws and 4 for Saint-Étienne.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Modibo MaígaLe Mans
  • 38'Goal · Thorstein HelstadLe Mans · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Christophe LandrinSaint-Étienne
  • 90'Yellow card · Efstathios TavlaridisSaint-Étienne

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Le Mans 2, draws 0, Saint-Étienne 4.

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

Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jody Viviani, Stathis Tavlaridis, Loïc Perrin, Mouhamadou Dabo, Moustapha Bayal Sall, Christophe Landrin, Pascal Feindouno, Dimitri Payet, Geoffrey Dernis, Bafétimbi Gomis, Blaise Matuidi