Nîmes 2-1 Le Mans: result and report
Ligue 2 · Friday 19 October 2012
Result
Nîmes 2-1 Le Mans
Ligue 2 · Friday 19 October 2012, 16:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Nîmes 2-1 Le Mans: match report
Nîmes won against Le Mans 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Friday 19 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Seydou Kone opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Nîmes's goals came from Seydou Kone (29') and Seydou Kone (57'). Le Mans scored through Olivier Thomert (41').
Discipline: Nîmes received 2 yellow cards; Le Mans received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Nîmes were 19th on 10 points from 10 and Le Mans 7th on 14 points from 10. Nîmes went on to finish that season 8th with 58 points, and Le Mans 18th with 40.
Going into the match Nîmes's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Le Mans's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Seydou Kone
- 41'Goal · Olivier Thomert
- 57'Goal · Seydou Kone
- 75'Yellow card · Salaheddine Sbaï
- 84'Yellow card · Seydou Kone
Team news
Nîmes line-up
Cyrille Merville, Benoît Poulain, Aurélien Boche, Salaheddine Sbaï, Jonathan Parpeix, Nicolas Benezet, Mouri Ogounbiyi, Yassine Haddou, Pierre Bouby, Vincent Gragnic, Seydou Kone
Le Mans line-up
Jérémie Janot, Mamadou Doumbia, Joffrey Cuffaut, Fernander Kassaï, Frédéric Thomas, Massiré Kanté, Olivier Thomert, Jason Buaillon, Amara Baby, Jean-Eudes Maurice, Joseph Mendes