Nîmes 2-1 Istres: result and report
Ligue 2 · Tuesday 22 December 2009
Result
Nîmes 2-1 Istres
Ligue 2 · Tuesday 22 December 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Nîmes 2-1 Istres: match report
Nîmes defeated Istres 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Tuesday 22 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Yassine Haddou opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Nîmes's goals came from Yassine Haddou (8') and Nicolas Bayod (79'). Istres scored through Walid Mesloub (71', penalty).
Discipline: Nîmes received 2 yellow cards; Istres received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nîmes were 10th on 23 points from 18 and Istres 19th on 17 points from 17. Nîmes went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Istres 15th with 44.
Going into the match Nîmes's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Istres's W-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Yassine Haddou
- 9'Yellow card · Miodrag Stosic
- 43'Yellow card · Romain Ciaravino
- 71'Penalty goal · Walid Mesloub
- 71'Yellow card · Jonathan Ayite
- 79'Goal · Nicolas Bayod
- 88'Yellow card · Thibault Scotto Di Porfirio