Saint-Étienne 2-0 Le Mans: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 April 2010
Result
Saint-Étienne 2-0 Le Mans
Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 April 2010, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Saint-Étienne 2-0 Le Mans: match report
Saint-Étienne won against Le Mans 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 3 April 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Cédric Varrault opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from Cédric Varrault (55') and Yohan Benalouane (75'). Le Mans did not score.
Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Le Mans received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 17th on 29 points from 30 and Le Mans 18th on 25 points from 29. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Le Mans 18th with 37.
Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-4-2 and Le Mans in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Saint-Étienne wins, 2 draws and 3 for Le Mans.
Going into the match Saint-Étienne's last five read L-D-D-D-L and Le Mans's L-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Herold Goulon
- 42'Yellow card · Dimitri Payet
- 55'Goal · Cédric Varrault
- 75'Goal · Yohan Benalouane
- 75'Yellow card · Almen Abdi
- 80'Yellow card · João Paulo
- 83'Red card · Kevin Mirallas
- 90'Yellow card · Frédéric Thomas
Head-to-head
Team news
Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jérémie Janot, Yohan Benalouane, Mouhamadou Dabo, Dimitri Payet, Gelson Fernandes, Kevin Mirallas, Gonzalo Bergessio, Blaise Matuidi, Pape Malick Diakhaté, Emmanuel Rivière
Le Mans expected line-up (4-4-2)
Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang, Gregory Cerdan, Ludovic Baal, Géder, Sébastien Corchia, Herold Goulon, Matthieu Dossevi, Frédéric Thomas, Roland Lamah, Almen Abdi, Anthony Le Tallec