Saint-Étienne 2-0 Auxerre: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 December 2008

Result

Saint-Étienne 2-0 Auxerre

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 December 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Saint-Étienne 2-0 Auxerre: match report

Saint-Étienne beat Auxerre 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 December 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Paulo Machado opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from Paulo Machado (12') and Bafétimbi Gomis (89'). Auxerre did not score.

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card; Auxerre received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 17th on 16 points from 18 and Auxerre 15th on 20 points from 18. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Auxerre 8th with 55.

Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Auxerre in a 5-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Saint-Étienne win, 4 draws and 1 for Auxerre.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Paulo MachadoSaint-Étienne · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Blaise MatuidiSaint-Étienne
  • 44'Yellow card · Thomas KahlenbergAuxerre
  • 49'Yellow card · Jean-Pascal MignotAuxerre
  • 73'Yellow card · Dariusz DudkaAuxerre
  • 89'Goal · Bafétimbi GomisSaint-Étienne · 2-0
  • 89'Yellow card · C. HengbartAuxerre

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Saint-Étienne 1, draws 4, Auxerre 1.

Team news

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

Auxerre expected line-up (5-4-1)

Rémy Riou, Jean-Pascal Mignot, Jean-Sebastien Jaures, Sammy Traore, Stephane Grichting, Benoît Pedretti, Kamel Chafni, Kévin Lejeune, Thomas Kahlenberg, Daniel Niculae, Dennis Oliech