Nice 3-1 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 April 2009
Result
Nice 3-1 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 April 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Nice 3-1 Saint-Étienne: match report
Nice won against Saint-Étienne 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 26 April 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.
Chaouki Ben Saada opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Nice's goals came from Chaouki Ben Saada (23'), an own goal by Efstathios Tavlaridis (44') and Eric Mouloungui (75'). Saint-Étienne scored through Ilan (90').
Discipline: Nice received 1 yellow card; Saint-Étienne received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Nice were 8th on 44 points from 32 and Saint-Étienne 18th on 32 points from 32. Nice went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Saint-Étienne 17th with 40.
Nice lined up in a 4-4-2 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Nice wins, 1 draw and 2 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Nice's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Saint-Étienne's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · D. Diakité
- 23'Goal · Chaouki Ben Saada
- 44'Own goal · Efstathios Tavlaridis
- 75'Goal · Eric Mouloungui
- 90'Goal · Ilan
Head-to-head
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
Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jody Viviani, Stathis Tavlaridis, Loïc Perrin, Mouhamadou Dabo, Moustapha Bayal Sall, Christophe Landrin, Pascal Feindouno, Dimitri Payet, Geoffrey Dernis, Bafétimbi Gomis, Blaise Matuidi