Saint-Étienne 2-0 Le Mans: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 April 2010

Result

Saint-Étienne 2-0 Le Mans

Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 April 2010, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Saint-Étienne 2-0 Le Mans: match report

Saint-Étienne won against Le Mans 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 3 April 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Cédric Varrault opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from Cédric Varrault (55') and Yohan Benalouane (75'). Le Mans did not score.

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Le Mans received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 17th on 29 points from 30 and Le Mans 18th on 25 points from 29. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Le Mans 18th with 37.

Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-4-2 and Le Mans in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Saint-Étienne wins, 2 draws and 3 for Le Mans.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Herold GoulonLe Mans
  • 42'Yellow card · Dimitri PayetSaint-Étienne
  • 55'Goal · Cédric VarraultSaint-Étienne · 1-0
  • 75'Goal · Yohan BenalouaneSaint-Étienne · 2-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Almen AbdiLe Mans
  • 80'Yellow card · João PauloLe Mans
  • 83'Red card · Kevin MirallasSaint-Étienne
  • 90'Yellow card · Frédéric ThomasLe Mans

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Saint-Étienne 4, draws 2, Le Mans 3.

Team news

Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-4-2)

Jérémie Janot, Yohan Benalouane, Mouhamadou Dabo, Dimitri Payet, Gelson Fernandes, Kevin Mirallas, Gonzalo Bergessio, Blaise Matuidi, Pape Malick Diakhaté, Emmanuel Rivière

Le Mans expected line-up (4-4-2)

Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang, Gregory Cerdan, Ludovic Baal, Géder, Sébastien Corchia, Herold Goulon, Matthieu Dossevi, Frédéric Thomas, Roland Lamah, Almen Abdi, Anthony Le Tallec