French Ligue 1

Saint-Étienne vs Le Mans, 2008/2009 French Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Saint-Étienne
  • 54': Bafetimbi Gomis
FT
1 - 1
Le Mans
  • 87': Thorstein Helstad

About

Saint-Étienne are hosting Le Mans at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, , , starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Cyriaque Louvion (Le Mans).
  • 1': Aruajo Ilan (St Etienne) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Aruajo Ilan (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi with a headed pass.
  • 3': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Yohann Pele.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Blaise Matuidi (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 5': Offside, St Etienne. Daisuke Matsui tries a through ball, but Geoffrey Dernis is caught offside.
  • 6': Mathieu Coutadeur (Le Mans) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Foul by Geoffrey Dernis (St Etienne).
  • 6': Delay in match Mathieu Coutadeur (Le Mans) because of an injury.
  • 6': Delay in match Geoffrey Dernis (St Etienne) because of an injury.
  • 7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 12': Foul by Cyriaque Louvion (Le Mans).
  • 12': Geoffrey Dernis (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Offside, Le Mans. Grégory Cerdan tries a through ball, but Thorstein Helstad is caught offside.
  • 16': Attempt blocked. Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Geoffrey Dernis.
  • 17': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Abdul Khaled Adenon.
  • 18': Foul by Thorstein Helstad (Le Mans).
  • 18': Loic Perrin (St Etienne) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 20': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Samuel Bouhours.
  • 21': Offside, St Etienne. Yohan Benalouane tries a through ball, but Bafetimbi Gomis is caught offside.
  • 21': Foul by Fredrik Stromstad (Le Mans).
  • 21': Cedric Varrault (St Etienne) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 22': Modibo Maíga (Le Mans) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Foul by Yohan Hautcoeur (St Etienne).
  • 23': Foul by Fredrik Stromstad (Le Mans).
  • 23': Daisuke Matsui (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Aruajo Ilan (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 26': Foul by Cyriaque Louvion (Le Mans).
  • 26': Aruajo Ilan (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Fredrik Stromstad (Le Mans) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 27': Foul by Yohan Hautcoeur (St Etienne).
  • 28': Mathieu Coutadeur (Le Mans) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 28': Foul by Daisuke Matsui (St Etienne).
  • 30': Foul by Gervinho (Le Mans).
  • 30': Mouhamadou Dabo (St Etienne) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 31': Corner, Le Mans. Conceded by Yohan Benalouane.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Thorstein Helstad (Le Mans) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Modibo Maíga with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 33': Foul by Grégory Cerdan (Le Mans).
  • 33': Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yohan Hautcoeur with a cross.
  • 37': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Samuel Bouhours.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Geoffrey Dernis with a cross following a corner.
  • 38': Foul by Thorstein Helstad (Le Mans).
  • 38': Loic Perrin (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 40': Foul by Abdul Khaled Adenon (Le Mans).
  • 40': Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Geoffrey Dernis (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 43': Daisuke Matsui (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 43': Foul by Fredrik Stromstad (Le Mans).
  • 44': Cyriaque Louvion (Le Mans) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 44': Foul by Aruajo Ilan (St Etienne).
  • 45': Foul by Modibo Maíga (Le Mans).
  • 45': Cedric Varrault (St Etienne) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 45': Modibo Maíga (Le Mans) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Foul by Modibo Maíga (Le Mans).
  • 45': Cedric Varrault (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Mouhamadou Dabo (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Geoffrey Dernis.
  • 45': Offside, Le Mans. Gervinho tries a through ball, but Thorstein Helstad is caught offside.
  • 45': First Half ends, St Etienne 0, Le Mans 0.
  • 0': Second Half begins St Etienne 0, Le Mans 0.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Geoffrey Dernis (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bafetimbi Gomis.
  • 48': Foul by Cyriaque Louvion (Le Mans).
  • 48': Geoffrey Dernis (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Samuel Bouhours.
  • 50': Aruajo Ilan (St Etienne) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Yohan Hautcoeur.
  • 51': Modibo Maíga (Le Mans) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 51': Foul by Cedric Varrault (St Etienne).
  • 54': Foul by Cyriaque Louvion (Le Mans).
  • 54': Daisuke Matsui (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Goal! St Etienne 1, Le Mans 0. Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Geoffrey Dernis with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 58': Abdul Khaled Adenon (Le Mans) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 58': Foul by Geoffrey Dernis (St Etienne).
  • 59': Attempt saved. Geoffrey Dernis (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Aruajo Ilan.
  • 60': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Grégory Cerdan.
  • 61': Substitution, Le Mans. Saber Ben Frej defender replaces Samuel Bouhours because of an injury.
  • 63': Foul by Gervinho (Le Mans).
  • 63': Mouhamadou Dabo (St Etienne) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Cyriaque Louvion (Le Mans) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gervinho.
  • 66': Substitution, St Etienne. Paulo Machado midfielder replaces Geoffrey Dernis.
  • 66': Foul by Modibo Maíga (Le Mans).
  • 66': Cedric Varrault (St Etienne) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 69': Foul by Saber Ben Frej (Le Mans).
  • 69': Daisuke Matsui (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Daisuke Matsui (St Etienne) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aruajo Ilan with a through ball.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Daisuke Matsui (St Etienne) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 74': Substitution, Le Mans. Anthony Le Tallec forward replaces Cyriaque Louvion.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Daisuke Matsui (St Etienne) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 80': Substitution, Le Mans. Roland Lamah midfielder replaces Ibrahima Camara.
  • 81': Foul by Roland Lamah (Le Mans).
  • 81': Paulo Machado (St Etienne) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 81': Substitution, St Etienne. Kevin Mirallas forward replaces Aruajo Ilan.
  • 86': Modibo Maíga (Le Mans) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Foul by Cedric Varrault (St Etienne).
  • 87': Goal! St Etienne 1, Le Mans 1. Thorstein Helstad (Le Mans) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Le Tallec with a cross following a fast break.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Kevin Mirallas (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Loic Perrin.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Gervinho (Le Mans) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Roland Lamah following a fast break.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yohan Benalouane.
  • 90': Saber Ben Frej (Le Mans) wins a free kick in his own half.
  • 90': Foul by Daisuke Matsui (St Etienne).
  • 90': Second Half ends, St Etienne 1, Le Mans 1.
  • 0': Match ends, St Etienne 1, Le Mans 1.

Statistics

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19 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
1 Corner Kicks 6
6 Saves 0
33.5 Possession 66.5
4 SHOTS 17
1 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
199 Accurate Passes 475
285 Passes 567
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 10
12 Crosses 32
0.2 Cross % 0.3
42 Long Balls 64
19 Accurate Long Balls 43
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 4
11 Effective Tackles 3
18 Tackles 7
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
0 Interceptions 0
17 Effective Clearances 19
33 Clearances 28

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Location: ,
Attendance: 25,000

Ligue 1 Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Lyon 2 +4 6
2 Toulouse 2 +3 6
3 Paris Saint-Germain 2 +2 6
4 Strasbourg 2 +2 6
Full Standings

Line-Ups

ASSE Saint-Étienne

No. Name
16 Jeremie Janot (GK)
28 Yohan Benalouane
24 Loïc Perrin
21 Mouhamadou Dabo
2 Cedric Varrault
12 Blaise Matuidi
17 Yohan Hautcoeur
11 Geoffrey Dernis
22 Daisuke Matsui
18 Bafetimbi Gomis
8 Aruajo Ilan
Saint-Étienne Substitutes:
Sebastein Grax, Yoann Andreu, Stathis Tavlaridis, Emmanuel Rivière, Jodi Viviani, Paulo Machado, Kevin Mirallas.

MNS Le Mans

No. Name
30 Yohann Pelé (GK)
23 Khaled Adénon
5 Gregory Cerdan
18 Samuel Bouhours
29 Ibrahim Camara
13 Cyriaque Louvion
7 Fredrik Stromstad
20 Mathieu Coutadeur
9 Modibo Maïga Yellow Card
22 Thorstein Helstad
27 Gervinho
Le Mans Substitutes:
Marcelo Estigarribia, Roland Lamah, Anthony Tallec, Ludovic Baal, Sabeur Ben Frej, Rodolphe Roche, Alphousseyni Keita.

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