Saint-Étienne 3-1 Ajaccio: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 November 2011

Result

Saint-Étienne 3-1 Ajaccio

Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 November 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Saint-Étienne 3-1 Ajaccio: match report

Saint-Étienne beat Ajaccio 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 26 November 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

M. Gradel opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from M. Gradel (7'), Florent Sinama-Pongolle (33') and B. Nicoliţă (84'). Ajaccio scored through Fousseni Diawara (60').

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received no yellow cards; Ajaccio received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 8th on 20 points from 14 and Ajaccio 20th on 8 points from 14. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Ajaccio 16th with 41.

Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-4-2 and Ajaccio in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Saint-Étienne wins, 1 draw and 1 for Ajaccio.

Going into the match Saint-Étienne's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Ajaccio's D-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Anthony LippiniAjaccio
  • 7'Goal · M. GradelSaint-Étienne · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Florent Sinama-PongolleSaint-Étienne · 2-0
  • 37'Red card · Leyti N'DiayeAjaccio
  • 60'Goal · Fousseni DiawaraAjaccio · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · B. NicoliţăSaint-Étienne · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Saint-Étienne 0, draws 1, Ajaccio 1.

Team news

Saint-Étienne line-up (4-4-2)

Stéphane Ruffier, Sylvain Marchal, Faouzi Ghoulam, Albin Ebondo, Fabien Lemoine, Bănel Nicoliţă, Ismaël Diomandé, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Max Gradel, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Jérémy Clément

Ajaccio line-up (4-1-4-1)

Guillermo Ochoa, Leyti N'Diaye, Yohann Poulard, Anthony Lippini, Fousseni Diawara, Benjamin André, Jean Baptiste Pierazzi, Frédéric Sammaritano, Mehdi Mostefa, Paul Lasne, Ilan