Caen 1-3 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 October 2011

Result

Caen 1-3 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 October 2011, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Caen 1-3 Montpellier: match report

Caen lost to Montpellier 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 October 2011. The half-time score was 0-2.

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Caen's goal came from Benjamin Nivet (82', penalty). Montpellier scored through Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (14'), John Utaka (20') and Younès Belhanda (79').

Discipline: Caen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Caen were 8th on 15 points from 10 and Montpellier 2nd on 20 points from 10. Caen went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Montpellier 1st with 82.

Caen lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Montpellier in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Caen win, 1 draw and 0 for Montpellier.

Going into the match Caen's last five read D-D-W-W-D and Montpellier's W-D-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Jérémy SorbonCaen
  • 14'Goal · Mapou Yanga-MbiwaMontpellier · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Joris MarveauxMontpellier
  • 20'Goal · John UtakaMontpellier · 0-2
  • 24'Yellow card · N. SeubeCaen
  • 48'Yellow card · Pierre-Alain FrauCaen
  • 64'Second yellow · Joris MarveauxMontpellier
  • 79'Goal · Younès BelhandaMontpellier · 0-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Geoffrey JourdrenMontpellier
  • 82'Penalty goal · Benjamin NivetCaen · 1-3
  • 85'Yellow card · Younès BelhandaMontpellier
  • 88'Second yellow · Pierre-Alain FrauCaen

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Caen 1, draws 1, Montpellier 0.

Team news

Caen line-up (4-1-4-1)

Alexis Thébaux, Thomas Heurtaux, Jerry Vandam, Jérémy Sorbon, Grégory Leca, Benjamin Nivet, Frédéric Bulot, M'Baye Niang, Pierre-Alain Frau, Romain Hamouma, Nicolas Seube

Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)

Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Joris Marveaux, Younès Belhanda, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Souleymane Camara, Vitorino Hilton