Saint-Étienne 2-1 Sochaux: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 16 August 2008

Result

Saint-Étienne 2-1 Sochaux

Ligue 1 · Saturday 16 August 2008, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Saint-Étienne 2-1 Sochaux: match report

Saint-Étienne defeated Sochaux 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 16 August 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Blaise Matuidi opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from Blaise Matuidi (11') and Pascal Feindouno (18', penalty). Sochaux scored through Damien Perquis (75').

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards; Sochaux received 3 yellow cards.

Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Sochaux 14th with 42.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Saint-Étienne win, 2 draws and 3 for Sochaux.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Blaise MatuidiSaint-Étienne · 1-0
  • 18'Penalty goal · Pascal FeindounoSaint-Étienne · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Romain PitauSochaux
  • 44'Yellow card · Mouhamadou DaboSaint-Étienne
  • 56'Yellow card · Stephane DalmatSochaux
  • 74'Yellow card · Ronnie KanaleloSaint-Étienne
  • 75'Goal · Damien PerquisSochaux · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Valéry MézagueSochaux

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Saint-Étienne 1, draws 2, Sochaux 3.

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

Sochaux expected line-up (4-4-2)

Teddy Richert, Jeremie Brechet, Rabiu Afolabi, Stéphane Pichot, Damien Perquis, Stephane Dalmat, Nicolas Maurice-Belay, Fabrice Pancrate, Guirane N'Daw, Mickael Isabey, Romain Pitau