Le Mans 2-1 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 December 2009

Result

Le Mans 2-1 Valenciennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 December 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Le Mans 2-1 Valenciennes: match report

Le Mans won against Valenciennes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 12 December 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Sébastien Corchia opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Le Mans's goals came from Sébastien Corchia (29') and Anthony Le Tallec (90'). Valenciennes scored through Gaël Danic (33').

Discipline: Le Mans received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Le Mans were 19th on 11 points from 15 and Valenciennes 2nd on 26 points from 15. Le Mans went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Valenciennes 9th with 52.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Le Mans wins, 1 draw and 0 for Valenciennes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Herold GoulonLe Mans
  • 23'Yellow card · João PauloLe Mans
  • 28'Yellow card · Modibo MaígaLe Mans
  • 29'Goal · Sébastien CorchiaLe Mans · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Mamadou SamassaValenciennes
  • 33'Goal · Gaël DanicValenciennes · 1-1
  • 44'Second yellow · Modibo MaígaLe Mans
  • 58'Yellow card · Gaëtan BongValenciennes
  • 71'Yellow card · Rémi GomisValenciennes
  • 82'Yellow card · Didier Janvier Ovono EbangLe Mans
  • 90'Goal · Anthony Le TallecLe Mans · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Le Mans 5, draws 1, Valenciennes 0.

Team news

Le Mans expected line-up (4-3-3)

Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang, Gregory Cerdan, Sébastien Corchia, Ludovic Baal, Herold Goulon, Frédéric Thomas, Cyriaque Louvion, Roland Lamah, Anthony Le Tallec, Modibo Maíga

Valenciennes expected line-up (4-3-2-1)

Guy N'Dy Assembé, Siaka Tiéné, Rudy Mater, Milan Biševac, Carlos Sánchez, Remi Gomis, Renaud Cohade, Johan Audel, Gregory Pujol