Lorient 2-1 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 18 August 2012

Result

Lorient 2-1 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Saturday 18 August 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Lorient 2-1 Montpellier: match report

Lorient beat Montpellier 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 18 August 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

E. Herrera opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Lorient's goals came from A. Traoré (90') and Jérémie Aliadière (90+2'). Montpellier scored through E. Herrera (37').

Discipline: Lorient received 1 yellow card; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards.

Lorient went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Montpellier 9th with 52.

Lorient lined up in a 4-4-2 and Montpellier in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Lorient win, 2 draws and 3 for Montpellier.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Henri BedimoMontpellier
  • 37'Goal · E. HerreraMontpellier · 0-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Benjamin StambouliMontpellier
  • 73'Yellow card · Yann JouffreLorient
  • 75'Yellow card · Cyril JeunechampMontpellier
  • 90'Goal · A. TraoréLorient · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Jérémie AliadièreLorient · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Lorient 1, draws 2, Montpellier 3.

Team news

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Lamine Koné, Arnaud Le Lan, Maxine Baca, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Arnold Mvuemba, Yann Jouffre, Sibiri Alain Traoré, Remi Mulumba, Maxime Barthelmé, Jérémie Aliadière

Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)

Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Daniel Congré, Rémy Cabella, Benjamin Stambouli, John Utaka, Emanuel Herrera, Souleymane Camara, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp