Saint-Étienne 2-0 Le Havre: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 December 2008
Result
Saint-Étienne 2-0 Le Havre
Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 December 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Saint-Étienne 2-0 Le Havre: match report
Saint-Étienne won against Le Havre 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 6 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Dimitri Payet opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from Dimitri Payet (75') and Bafétimbi Gomis (80'). Le Havre did not score.
Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card; Le Havre received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 17th on 13 points from 16 and Le Havre 18th on 12 points from 16. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Le Havre 20th with 26.
Going into the match Saint-Étienne's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Le Havre's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Jean-Michel Lesage
- 18'Yellow card · Benjamin Police
- 61'Yellow card · Y. Benalouane
- 75'Goal · Dimitri Payet
- 80'Goal · Bafétimbi Gomis
Team news
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