Valenciennes 2-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 January 2008
Result
Valenciennes 2-0 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 January 2008, 16:10 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valenciennes 2-0 Saint-Étienne: match report
Valenciennes defeated Saint-Étienne 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 12 January 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
G. Doumeng opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from G. Doumeng (9') and Grégory Pujol (88'). Saint-Étienne did not score.
Discipline: Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 6th on 29 points from 19 and Saint-Étienne 11th on 25 points from 19. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Saint-Étienne 5th with 58.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valenciennes win, 0 draws and 2 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read L-W-D-W-D and Saint-Étienne's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Efstathios Tavlaridis
- 9'Goal · G. Doumeng
- 22'Yellow card · G. Doumeng
- 34'Yellow card · Geoffrey Dernis
- 55'Yellow card · Cédric Varrault
- 62'Yellow card · Abdeslam Ouaddou
- 81'Yellow card · Bafétimbi Gomis
- 85'Yellow card · Williams Martínez Fracchia
- 88'Goal · Grégory Pujol
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-4-2)
Nicolas Penneteau, Mody Traoré, Williams Martínez Fracchia, Rudy Mater, Sébastien Roudet, José Saez, Steve Savidan, Gregory Pujol, David Ducourtioux, A. Ouaddou, Geoffrey Doumeng
Saint-Étienne line-up (4-4-2)
Jérémie Janot, Cédric Varrault, Stathis Tavlaridis, Mouhamadou Dabo, Loïc Perrin, Yohan Benalouane, Fredy Guarin, Geoffrey Dernis, Christophe Landrin, Bafétimbi Gomis, Blaise Matuidi