Lens 1-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Tuesday 22 December 2009
Result
Lens 1-0 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Tuesday 22 December 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Lens 1-0 Saint-Étienne: match report
Lens defeated Saint-Étienne 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Tuesday 22 December 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Eduardo Ribeiro of Lens in the 90th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Lens received no yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Lens were 14th on 23 points from 18 and Saint-Étienne 18th on 16 points from 18. Lens went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Saint-Étienne 17th with 40.
Lens lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lens wins, 1 draw and 3 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Lens's last five read D-D-W-L-W and Saint-Étienne's D-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 90'Penalty goal · Eduardo Ribeiro
- 90'Yellow card · Yohan Benalouane
- 90'Yellow card · Christophe Landrin
Head-to-head
Team news
Lens expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Vedran Runje, Alaeddine Yahia, Marco Ramos, Sébastien Roudet, Adil Hermach, Samba Sow, Yohan Demont, Nenad Kovacevic, Éric Chelle
Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jérémie Janot, Cédric Varrault, Yohan Benalouane, Guirane N'Daw, Gelson Fernandes, Christophe Landrin, Kevin Mirallas, Augusto Fernández, Dimitri Payet, Gonzalo Bergessio, Blaise Matuidi