Le Mans 1-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 September 2009

Result

Le Mans 1-2 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 September 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Le Mans 1-2 Olympique Marseille: match report

Le Mans lost to Olympique Marseille 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 12 September 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Mamadou Niang opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Le Mans's goal came from Modibo Maíga (62'). Olympique Marseille scored through Mamadou Niang (14') and Brandão (70').

Discipline: Le Mans received 3 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Le Mans were 14th on 4 points from 4 and Olympique Marseille 5th on 8 points from 4. Le Mans went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Olympique Marseille 1st with 78.

Le Mans lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Le Mans wins, 4 draws and 2 for Olympique Marseille.

Going into the match Le Mans's last five read L-W-L-D and Olympique Marseille's D-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · D. GoulonLe Mans
  • 14'Goal · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Benoît CheyrouOlympique Marseille
  • 58'Yellow card · Anthony Le TallecLe Mans
  • 62'Goal · Modibo MaígaLe Mans · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · BrandãoOlympique Marseille · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Roland LamahLe Mans

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Le Mans 2, draws 4, Olympique Marseille 2.

Team news

Le Mans line-up (4-2-3-1)

Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang, Gregory Cerdan, Ludovic Baal, Herold Goulon, Sébastien Corchia, Frédéric Thomas, Cyriaque Louvion, Guillaume Loriot, Roland Lamah, Modibo Maíga, Anthony Le Tallec

Olympique Marseille line-up (4-3-1-2)

Steve Mandanda, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Souleymane Diawara, Laurent Bonnart, Benoît Cheyrou, Lucho González, Fabrice Abriel, Brandão, Mamadou Niang, Vitorino Hilton, Mehmet Yozgatlı