Saint-Étienne 2-3 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 31 March 2012

Result

Saint-Étienne 2-3 Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 31 March 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Saint-Étienne 2-3 Nice: match report

Saint-Étienne lost to Nice 2-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 31 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.

M. Gradel opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from M. Gradel (22') and S. Marchal (42'). Nice scored through A. Mounier (35'), A. Mounier (56') and Francois Clerc (89').

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card; Nice received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 6th on 46 points from 29 and Nice 18th on 28 points from 29. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Nice 13th with 42.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Saint-Étienne win, 2 draws and 7 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · M. GradelSaint-Étienne · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · A. MounierNice · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Renato CivelliNice
  • 42'Goal · S. MarchalSaint-Étienne · 2-1
  • 56'Goal · A. MounierNice · 2-2
  • 73'Yellow card · F. MonzónNice
  • 77'Yellow card · S. MarchalSaint-Étienne
  • 89'Goal · Francois ClercNice · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Saint-Étienne 1, draws 2, Nice 7.

Team news

Saint-Étienne line-up (4-4-2)

Stéphane Ruffier, Sylvain Marchal, Faouzi Ghoulam, Jonathan Brison, Albin Ebondo, Josuha Guilavogui, Bănel Nicoliţă, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Max Gradel, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Laurent Batlles

Nice line-up (3-5-2)

David Ospina, Renato Civelli, Kevin Gomis, Fabián Monzón, Lloyd Palun, Francois Clerc, D. Digard, Kafoumba Coulibaly, Anthony Mounier, Esmaël Gonçalves, Julien Sable