Nice 2-2 Le Mans: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 September 2008

Result

Nice 2-2 Le Mans

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 September 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Nice 2-2 Le Mans: match report

Nice drew with Le Mans 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 September 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

E. Faé opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Nice's goals came from E. Faé (2') and Loïc Rémy (29'). Le Mans scored through an own goal by David Hellebuyck (49') and Roland Lamah (86').

Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Le Mans received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nice were 8th on 9 points from 5 and Le Mans 7th on 9 points from 5. Nice went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Le Mans 16th with 40.

Nice lined up in a 4-4-2 and Le Mans in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nice win, 2 draws and 3 for Le Mans.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · E. FaéNice · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Loïc RémyNice · 2-0
  • 49'Own goal · David HellebuyckLe Mans · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Cyril JeunechampNice
  • 77'Yellow card · GervinhoLe Mans
  • 80'Yellow card · D. DiakitéNice
  • 84'Yellow card · Saber Ben FrejLe Mans
  • 86'Goal · Roland LamahLe Mans · 2-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Nice 1, draws 2, Le Mans 3.

Team news

Nice expected line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Cyril Rool, Drissa Diakite, Cedric Kante, Onyekachi Apam, David Hellebuyck, Florent Balmont, Ederson, Bakari Koné, Anthony Modeste, Olivier Echouafni

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