Saint-Étienne 2-3 Le Mans: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 18 October 2025

Result

Saint-Étienne 2-3 Le Mans

Ligue 2 · Saturday 18 October 2025, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Saint-Étienne 2-3 Le Mans: match report

Saint-Étienne lost to Le Mans 2-3 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 18 October 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Antoine Rabillard opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from Florian Tardieu (28') and Florian Tardieu (80', penalty). Le Mans scored through Antoine Rabillard (21'), Dame Gueye (55', penalty) and William Harhouz (68').

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards; Le Mans received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 3rd on 20 points from 9 and Le Mans 12th on 10 points from 9. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 2nd with 60 points, and Le Mans 3rd with 59.

Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-3-3 and Le Mans in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Tardieu of Saint-Étienne (8.9), ahead of Dame Gueye (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Saint-Étienne wins, 2 draws and 3 for Le Mans.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Mahmoud JaberSaint-Étienne
  • 21'Goal · Antoine RabillardLe Mans · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Alexandre LaurayLe Mans
  • 28'Goal · Florian TardieuSaint-Étienne · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Samuel YohouLe Mans
  • 55'Penalty goal · Dame GueyeLe Mans · 1-2
  • 68'Goal · William HarhouzLe Mans · 1-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Milan RobinLe Mans
  • 80'Penalty goal · Florian TardieuSaint-Étienne · 2-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Irvin CardonaSaint-Étienne

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Saint-Étienne 5, draws 2, Le Mans 3.

Team news

Saint-Étienne line-up (4-3-3)

Gautier Larsonneur, Yvann Maçon, João Ferreira, Mickaël Nadé, Ebenezer Annan, Igor Miladinovic, Mahmoud Jaber, Florian Tardieu, Augustine Boakye, Lucas Stassin, Zuriko Davitashvili

Le Mans line-up (5-3-2)

Nicolas Kocik, Lucas Buadés, Théo Eyoum, Samuel Yohou, Harold Voyer, Lucas Calodat, Alexandre Lauray, Milan Robin, Edwin Quarshie, Antoine Rabillard, Dame Gueye