Saint-Étienne 2-3 Nice: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 31 March 2012
Result
Saint-Étienne 2-3 Nice
Ligue 1 · Saturday 31 March 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Saint-Étienne 2-3 Nice: match report
Saint-Étienne lost to Nice 2-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 31 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
M. Gradel opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from M. Gradel (22') and S. Marchal (42'). Nice scored through A. Mounier (35'), A. Mounier (56') and Francois Clerc (89').
Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card; Nice received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 6th on 46 points from 29 and Nice 18th on 28 points from 29. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Nice 13th with 42.
Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nice in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Saint-Étienne win, 2 draws and 7 for Nice.
Going into the match Saint-Étienne's last five read L-L-W-L-D and Nice's D-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 22'Goal · M. Gradel
- 35'Goal · A. Mounier
- 42'Yellow card · Renato Civelli
- 42'Goal · S. Marchal
- 56'Goal · A. Mounier
- 73'Yellow card · F. Monzón
- 77'Yellow card · S. Marchal
- 89'Goal · Francois Clerc
Head-to-head
Team news
Saint-Étienne line-up (4-4-2)
Stéphane Ruffier, Sylvain Marchal, Faouzi Ghoulam, Jonathan Brison, Albin Ebondo, Josuha Guilavogui, Bănel Nicoliţă, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Max Gradel, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Laurent Batlles
Nice line-up (3-5-2)
David Ospina, Renato Civelli, Kevin Gomis, Fabián Monzón, Lloyd Palun, Francois Clerc, D. Digard, Kafoumba Coulibaly, Anthony Mounier, Esmaël Gonçalves, Julien Sable