Le Mans 2-2 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 14 March 2009
Result
Le Mans 2-2 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 14 March 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Le Mans 2-2 Rennes: match report
Le Mans drew with Rennes 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 14 March 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.
Thorstein Helstad opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Le Mans's goals came from Thorstein Helstad (2') and Gervinho (18'). Rennes scored through Jires Kembo-Ekoko (75') and Moussa Sow (90').
Discipline: Le Mans received 2 yellow cards; Rennes received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Le Mans were 11th on 31 points from 27 and Rennes 6th on 46 points from 27. Le Mans went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Rennes 7th with 61.
Le Mans lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rennes in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Le Mans win, 4 draws and 2 for Rennes.
Going into the match Le Mans's last five read D-W-D-D-L and Rennes's W-D-W-D-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Thorstein Helstad
- 18'Goal · Gervinho
- 30'Yellow card · F. Lemoine
- 39'Yellow card · Stephane M'Bia
- 75'Goal · Jires Kembo-Ekoko
- 77'Yellow card · Kader Mangane
- 80'Yellow card · C. Louvion
- 90'Goal · Moussa Sow
- 90'Yellow card · Géder
- 90'Yellow card · Petter Hansson
Head-to-head
Team news
Le Mans expected line-up (4-3-3)
Yohann Pelé, Marko Baša, Ibrahima Camara, Gregory Cerdan, Mathieu Coutadeur, Romaric, Túlio de Melo, Gervinho, Anthony Le Tallec
Rennes expected line-up (4-3-3)
Patrice Luzi, Petter Hansson, John Mensah, Djimi Traoré, Romain Danzé, Fabien Lemoine, Leo Leroy, Olivier Thomert, Jimmy Briand, Mickael Pagis, Mehmet Yozgatlı