Match Report
| AS Saint-Étienne | AS Saint-Étienne |  |  | SM Caen | SM Caen | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Garin Rangwala | Garin Rangwala | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Courtois | C. Courtois |  | 68 | G |  | 1 | | G | 68 |  | Christian Appiah | C. Appiah | |||||||||
| Lionel Legrand | L. Legrand | | 76 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 64 |  | Jurgen Van Der Gaag | J. Van Der Gaag | |||||||||
| Manfa Aubanel | M. Aubanel | | 72 | D | | 3 | | D | 77 |  | Tahar Elkhatabi | T. Elkhatabi | |||||||||
| Gregory Rambo | G. Rambo | | 70 | D | | 4 | | D | 65 |  | Hakan Ayaz | H. Ayaz | |||||||||
| Alberto Lempereur | A. Lempereur | | 73 | M | | 5 | | D | 63 |  | Kevin Delarosa | K. Delarosa | |||||||||
| Aziz Escayol | A. Escayol | | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 | | Diego Schilder | D. Schilder | |||||||||
| Miguael Darbelet | M. Darbelet | | 70 | M | | 7 | | M | 68 |  | Martin Gatt | M. Gatt | |||||||||
| Hassan Doukantie | H. Doukantie | | 69 | M | | 8 | | M | 81 | | Matthew Addo | M. Addo | |||||||||
| Erwan Haise | E. Haise | | 83 | A | | 9 | | A | 66 |  | Drew Tavernese | D. Tavernese | |||||||||
| Carl Beda | C. Beda | | 79 | A | | 10 | | A | 63 | | Jesper Heerkens | J. Heerkens | |||||||||
| Djamel Ribeiro | D. Ribeiro | | 78 | A | | 11 | | A | 70 |  | Alistair Pearce | A. Pearce | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard where AS Saint-Étienne play host to SM Caen. Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
AS Saint-Étienne are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while SM Caen appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
AS Saint-Étienne are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while SM Caen appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0SM Caen kick off!
8.36
0-0Martin Gatt makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese shoots from outside the area but it is tipped over by Charles Courtois.
9.25
Martin Gatt knocks the ball to his team mate, Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese shoots from long range but it is tipped over by Charles Courtois.
12.12
0-1Kevin Delarosa makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Martin Gatt. Martin Gatt kicks a strong pass forward to Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese knocks in a cross ball towards Jesper Heerkens. Jesper Heerkens flicks the ball with his head. Jesper Heerkens scores for SM Caen!!
15.29
0-1SM Caen are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
18.53
0-1Kevin Delarosa threads the ball through to Martin Gatt. Martin Gatt makes a probing pass to Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese lofts in a cross ball towards Alistair Pearce. Alistair Pearce flicks the ball with his head but it flies wide!
20.38
Diego Schilder makes a simple pass to Jesper Heerkens. Jesper Heerkens knocks in a cross ball towards Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese directs the ball goalwards with his head. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
24.02
0-2Manfa Aubanel takes it forward alone. Manfa Aubanel flicks the ball to his team mate, Erwan Haise. Erwan Haise knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Christian Appiah who gathers it comfortably.
27.08
Hakan Ayaz deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Martin Gatt. Martin Gatt kicks a strong pass forward to Jesper Heerkens. Jesper Heerkens plays a perfect one-two with Drew Tavernese and rushes in on goal... Jesper Heerkens takes a shot at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
28.37
Jurgen Van Der Gaag flicks the ball to his team mate, Martin Gatt. Martin Gatt threads the ball through to Jesper Heerkens. Jesper Heerkens lofts in a cross ball towards Alistair Pearce. Alistair Pearce powers a header at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
30.45
Hakan Ayaz threads the ball through to Diego Schilder. Diego Schilder knocks the ball forward to Alistair Pearce. Alistair Pearce shoots from long range. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
33.07
Jurgen Van Der Gaag makes a probing pass to Matthew Addo. Matthew Addo sees a break and surges forward. Matthew Addo lofts in a cross ball towards Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese flicks the ball with his head but it curls horrendously wide!
34.30
Matthew Addo advances with the ball. Matthew Addo shoots from 25 yards. The ball comes in low, but Charles Courtois easily smothers it!
36.57
Tahar Elkhatabi makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Diego Schilder. Diego Schilder passes the ball forward to Jesper Heerkens. Jesper Heerkens lofts in a cross ball towards Alistair Pearce. Alistair Pearce flicks the ball with his head. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
39.06
0-3Alistair Pearce comes in with a late challenge on Lionel Legrand. The referee calls over Alistair Pearce and shows him a yellow card! Lionel Legrand gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
40.26
0-3Martin Gatt clumsily knocks into Aziz Escayol. Martin Gatt is shown the yellow card! Aziz Escayol stretches but gets up unharmed.
45.00
0-3Hassan Doukantie clumsily knocks into Diego Schilder. Hassan Doukantie is given a warning by the referee! Diego Schilder stretches but gets up unharmed.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
AS Saint-Étienne kick off and get the second half underway!
47.31
Tahar Elkhatabi knocks the ball to his team mate, Diego Schilder. Diego Schilder threads the ball through to Alistair Pearce. Alistair Pearce whips in a cross ball towards Jesper Heerkens. Jesper Heerkens connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
48.04
Martin Gatt passes the ball forward to Jesper Heerkens. Jesper Heerkens lofts in a cross ball towards Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese flicks the ball with his head but he balloons it over the crossbar!
54.45
Lionel Legrand passes the ball forward to Aziz Escayol. Aziz Escayol brings the ball forward. Aziz Escayol shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
55.57
Gregory Rambo makes a simple pass to Aziz Escayol. Aziz Escayol chips the ball to his team mate, Carl Beda. Carl Beda shoots from long range but it flies wide!
61.33
Hakan Ayaz decides to run forward with the ball. Hakan Ayaz makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Alistair Pearce. Alistair Pearce controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's there!! Charles Courtois has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
66.50
Martin Gatt makes a simple pass to Alistair Pearce. Alistair Pearce knocks in a cross ball towards Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese flicks the ball with his head but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
73.57
Hakan Ayaz barges into Erwan Haise. Hakan Ayaz is shown the yellow card! Erwan Haise grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
75.47
Jesper Heerkens hacks Manfa Aubanel from behind! Jesper Heerkens is warned by the referee! Manfa Aubanel carries on, but is struggling a bit.
79.19
Hakan Ayaz flicks the ball to his team mate, Matthew Addo. Matthew Addo sees space and advances. Matthew Addo lofts in a cross ball towards Alistair Pearce. Alistair Pearce is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
81.14
Martin Gatt deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese knocks in a cross ball towards Alistair Pearce. Alistair Pearce is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Charles Courtois manages to gather it comfortably.
83.17
Erwan Haise barges into Kevin Delarosa. The referee calls over Erwan Haise and warns him to calm down! Kevin Delarosa runs off the knock.
84.10
Martin Gatt passes the ball forward to Drew Tavernese. Drew Tavernese plays a perfect one-two with Jesper Heerkens and rushes in on goal... Drew Tavernese shoots from just inside the box. It curls slightly but Charles Courtois manages to gather it comfortably.
85.58
Miguael Darbelet chips the ball to his team mate, Carl Beda. Carl Beda sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball comes in low, but Christian Appiah easily smothers it!
90.00
Gregory Rambo makes a probing pass to Hassan Doukantie. Hassan Doukantie makes a probing pass to Erwan Haise. Erwan Haise goes all the way! Erwan Haise rockets a shot on goal but it flies wide!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
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Scorers
| Jesper Heerkens 12 Drew Tavernese 20 Alistair Pearce 37, 61 |