Montpellier 3-0 Caen: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 11 March 2012

Result

Montpellier 3-0 Caen

Ligue 1 · Sunday 11 March 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Montpellier 3-0 Caen: match report

Montpellier beat Caen 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 11 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Karim Aït-Fana opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Montpellier's goals came from Karim Aït-Fana (51'), Souleymane Camara (83') and Olivier Giroud (90', penalty). Caen did not score.

Discipline: Montpellier received 1 yellow card; Caen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 2nd on 54 points from 26 and Caen 14th on 28 points from 26. Montpellier went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Caen 18th with 38.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Caen in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Thomas HeurtauxCaen
  • 26'Yellow card · Henri BedimoMontpellier
  • 51'Goal · Karim Aït-FanaMontpellier · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · J. VandamCaen
  • 83'Goal · Souleymane CamaraMontpellier · 2-0
  • 90'Penalty goal · Olivier GiroudMontpellier · 3-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Montpellier 1, draws 1, Caen 1.

Team news

Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)

Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Karim Aït-Fana, Rémy Cabella, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Vitorino Hilton

Caen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alexis Thébaux, Thomas Heurtaux, Aurelien Montaroup, Jerry Vandam, Jérémy Sorbon, Grégory Proment, Frédéric Bulot, Pierre-Alain Frau, Romain Hamouma, Livio Nabab, Nicolas Seube