Lens vs Saint-Étienne, 2014/2015 French Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Lemoine fires St Etienne to victory
Lemoine fires St Etienne to victory
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 2': Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 2': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne).
- 2': Attempt missed. Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pierrick Valdivia with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 4': Attempt missed. Mevlut Erding (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Renaud Cohade.
- 5': Foul by Franck Tabanou (St Etienne).
- 5': Pablo Chavarria (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Dimitri Kevin Cavare (Lens).
- 6': Yohan Mollo (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Yoann Touzghar (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien with a through ball.
- 12': Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 12': Foul by Pierrick Valdivia (Lens).
- 15': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Moustapha Bayal Sall.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Jerome Le Moigne (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 16': Offside, Lens. Loïck Landre tries a through ball, but Pablo Chavarria is caught offside.
- 17': Attempt missed. Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pierrick Valdivia.
- 17': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Stéphane Ruffier.
- 18': Attempt missed. Loïck Landre (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 19': Foul by Jerome Le Moigne (Lens).
- 19': Renaud Cohade (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 20': Foul by Renaud Cohade (St Etienne).
- 20': Yoann Touzghar (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 21': Dimitri Kevin Cavare (Lens) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 21': Foul by Yohan Mollo (St Etienne).
- 21': Yohan Mollo (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 22': Offside, Lens. Yoann Touzghar tries a through ball, but Pablo Chavarria is caught offside.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Max Gradel (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mevlut Erding.
- 26': Attempt saved. Ludovic Baal (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 28': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Florentin Pogba.
- 30': Foul by Dimitri Kevin Cavare (Lens).
- 30': Max Gradel (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 31': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Pierrick Valdivia.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Yohan Mollo (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabien Lemoine with a headed pass.
- 33': Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Foul by Adamo Coulibaly (Lens).
- 33': Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 34': Attempt saved. Mevlut Erding (St Etienne) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Max Gradel with a cross.
- 34': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Rudy Riou.
- 35': Offside, St Etienne. Francois Clerc tries a through ball, but Mevlut Erding is caught offside.
- 37': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Loïck Landre.
- 37': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Pierrick Valdivia.
- 38': Attempt missed. Mevlut Erding (St Etienne) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Yohan Mollo with a cross following a corner.
- 40': Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 40': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne).
- 41': Foul by Pierrick Valdivia (Lens).
- 41': Moustapha Bayal Sall (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Attempt missed. Max Gradel (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yohan Mollo.
- 43': Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Foul by Renaud Cohade (St Etienne).
- 45': Attempt blocked. Max Gradel (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Loïck Landre.
- 45': Attempt missed. Florentin Pogba (St Etienne) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Max Gradel with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Lens 0, St Etienne 0.
- 0': Match ends, Lens 0, St Etienne 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Lens 0, St Etienne 0.
- 46': Foul by Dimitri Kevin Cavare (Lens).
- 46': Yohan Mollo (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by Dimitri Kevin Cavare (Lens).
- 47': Franck Tabanou (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Wylan Cyprien (Lens).
- 53': Yohan Mollo (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Ahmed Kantari (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Dangerous play by Mevlut Erding (St Etienne).
- 55': Foul by Jerome Le Moigne (Lens).
- 55': Renaud Cohade (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Yohan Mollo (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Tabanou.
- 57': Attempt missed. Yohan Mollo (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 58': Franck Tabanou (St Etienne) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Yohan Mollo.
- 59': Foul by Ismael Diomande (St Etienne).
- 59': Wylan Cyprien (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 61': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Franck Tabanou.
- 62': Attempt saved. Loïck Landre (Lens) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dimitri Kevin Cavare.
- 64': Substitution, St Etienne. Ricky van Wolfswinkel replaces Mevlut Erding.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Pierrick Valdivia (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 69': Foul by Max Gradel (St Etienne).
- 69': Pierrick Valdivia (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': Substitution, St Etienne. Kévin Monnet-Paquet replaces Yohan Mollo.
- 71': Foul by Jerome Le Moigne (Lens).
- 71': Renaud Cohade (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 72': Jerome Le Moigne (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Dimitri Kevin Cavare.
- 74': Substitution, Lens. Deme N'Diaye replaces Yoann Touzghar.
- 75': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Franck Tabanou.
- 76': Foul by Pierrick Valdivia (Lens).
- 76': Ricky van Wolfswinkel (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Foul by Ricky van Wolfswinkel (St Etienne).
- 77': Jerome Le Moigne (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Max Gradel (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card.
- 79': Offside, St Etienne. Ricky van Wolfswinkel tries a through ball, but Kévin Monnet-Paquet is caught offside.
- 79': Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 79': Foul by Wylan Cyprien (Lens).
- 80': Foul by Max Gradel (St Etienne).
- 80': Jerome Le Moigne (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Goal! Lens 0, St Etienne 1. Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricky van Wolfswinkel.
- 83': Delay in match Ismael Diomande (St Etienne) because of an injury.
- 84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 84': Substitution, St Etienne. Jérémy Clément replaces Ismael Diomande because of an injury.
- 85': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Dimitri Kevin Cavare.
- 86': Foul by Pierrick Valdivia (Lens).
- 86': Ricky van Wolfswinkel (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 87': Substitution, Lens. Alharbi El Jadeyaoui replaces Jerome Le Moigne.
- 87': Attempt missed. Max Gradel (St Etienne) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ricky van Wolfswinkel.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Pablo Chavarria (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien.
- 89': Attempt saved. Deme N'Diaye (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Max Gradel (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Renaud Cohade.
- 89': Attempt saved. Max Gradel (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90': Foul by Ricky van Wolfswinkel (St Etienne).
- 90': Wylan Cyprien (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Wylan Cyprien (Lens).
- 90'+1': Max Gradel (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Jérémy Clément (St Etienne).
- 90'+2': Wylan Cyprien (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Lens. Jean-Philippe Gbamin replaces Wylan Cyprien.
- 90'+3': Offside, Lens. Deme N'Diaye tries a through ball, but Adamo Coulibaly is caught offside.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Lens 0, St Etienne 1.
Statistics
 ASSE |
RCL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 54.6 | Possession | 45.4 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 368 | Accurate Passes | 283 |
| 448 | Passes | 371 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 7 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 24 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 55 | Long Balls | 49 |
| 28 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 15 |
| 18 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 41 | Effective Clearances | 27 |
| 41 | Clearances | 27 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne
Location: Amiens, France
Attendance: 11,072
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne
Location: Amiens, France
Attendance: 11,072
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lille | 6 | +5 | 13 |
| 2 | AS Monaco | 5 | +5 | 13 |
| 3 | Lyon | 6 | +7 | 11 |
| 4 | Paris FC | 5 | +5 | 11 |
Line-Ups
Lens (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rudy Riou (GK) |
| 4 | Ahmed Kantari |
| 22 | Loïck Landre |
| 24 | Ludovic Baal |
| 33 | Dimitri Cavaré |
| 6 | Jérôme Le Moigne  |
| 18 | Pierrick Valdivia |
| 23 | Wylan Cyprien |
| 7 | Yoann Touzghar |
| 9 | Adamo Coulibaly |
| 11 | Pablo Chavarría |
Saint-Étienne (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Stéphane Ruffier (GK) |
| 19 | Florentin Pogba |
| 26 | Moustapha Sall |
| 27 | Franck Tabanou |
| 29 | François Clerc |
| 10 | Renaud Cohade |
| 28 | Ismael Diomandé |
| 18 | Fabien Lemoine |
| 9 | Mevlut Erdinç |
| 11 | Yohan Mollo |
| 7 | Max Gradel |
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