Montpellier 1-0 Lens: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 September 2009
Result
Montpellier 1-0 Lens
Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 September 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Montpellier 1-0 Lens: match report
Montpellier defeated Lens 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 12 September 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from A. Costa of Montpellier in the 39th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Montpellier received 3 yellow cards; Lens received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 4th on 8 points from 4 and Lens 6th on 7 points from 4. Montpellier went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Lens 14th with 46.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lens in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read W-W-D-D and Lens's D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Issam Jemâa
- 17'Yellow card · Geoffrey Dernis
- 39'Penalty goal · A. Costa
- 55'Yellow card · Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
- 61'Yellow card · Dejan Milovanovic
- 73'Yellow card · Fabien Laurenti
- 88'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 90'Yellow card · Alaeddine Yahia
Team news
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Joris Marveaux, Geoffrey Dernis, Karim Aït-Fana, Tino Costa, Victor Hugo Montano, Nenad Dzodic, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp
Lens line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vedran Runje, Alaeddine Yahia, Fabien Laurenti, Dejan Milovanovic, Adil Hermach, Abdoulrazak Boukari Fafadji, Eduardo Ribeiro, Issam Jemâa, Nenad Kovacevic, Éric Chelle, Yohan Demont