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
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.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Paulo Machado
- 34'Yellow card · Blaise Matuidi
- 44'Yellow card · Thomas Kahlenberg
- 49'Yellow card · Jean-Pascal Mignot
- 73'Yellow card · Dariusz Dudka
- 89'Goal · Bafétimbi Gomis
- 89'Yellow card · C. Hengbart
Head-to-head
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