Dijon 1-2 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 December 2011
Result
Dijon 1-2 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 December 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Dijon 1-2 Saint-Étienne: match report
Dijon lost to Saint-Étienne 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 17 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Florent Sinama-Pongolle opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Dijon's goal came from É. Bauthéac (90+4'). Saint-Étienne scored through Florent Sinama-Pongolle (16') and M. Gradel (90+2').
Discipline: Dijon received 3 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Dijon were 15th on 18 points from 17 and Saint-Étienne 7th on 27 points from 17. Dijon went on to finish that season 19th with 36 points, and Saint-Étienne 7th with 57.
Dijon lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Dijon's last five read L-D-W-W-L and Saint-Étienne's W-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Florent Sinama-Pongolle
- 55'Yellow card · F. Lemoine
- 63'Yellow card · Cédric Varrault
- 76'Yellow card · Brice Jovial
- 84'Yellow card · É. Bauthéac
- 90+2'Goal · M. Gradel
- 90+4'Goal · É. Bauthéac
Team news
Dijon line-up (4-2-3-1)
Baptiste Reynet, Abdoulaye Meite, Abdoulaye Bamba, Samuel Souprayen, Cédric Varrault, Eric Bauthéac, Benjamin Corgnet, Florin Berenguer, Gregory Thil, Younousse Sankharé, Sanaa Altama
Saint-Étienne line-up (4-4-2)
Stéphane Ruffier, Sylvain Marchal, Jean-Pascal Mignot, Faouzi Ghoulam, Albin Ebondo, Fabien Lemoine, Bănel Nicoliţă, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Max Gradel, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Jérémy Clément