Montpellier 1-0 Nice: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 September 2018
Result
Montpellier 1-0 Nice
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 September 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Montpellier 1-0 Nice: match report
Montpellier beat Nice 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Gaëtan Laborde of Montpellier in the 35th minute.
Discipline: Montpellier received 3 yellow cards; Nice received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 6th on 8 points from 5 and Nice 11th on 7 points from 5. Montpellier went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and Nice 7th with 56.
Montpellier lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Nice in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Youcef Atal of Nice (7.8), level with Daniel Congré (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Montpellier wins, 3 draws and 4 for Nice.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Nice's W-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Gaëtan Laborde
- 47'Yellow card · Vitorino Hilton
- 50'Yellow card · Junior Sambia
- 52'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 90+1'Yellow card · Ruben Aguilar
- 90+4'Yellow card · Allan Saint-Maximin
Head-to-head
Team news
Montpellier line-up (3-4-1-2)
Benjamin Lecomte, Pedro Mendes, Vitorino Hilton, Daniel Congré, Ruben Aguilar, Ellyes Skhiri, Damien Le Tallec, Ambroise Oyongo, Junior Sambia, Gaëtan Laborde, Andy Delort
Nice line-up (3-5-2)
Walter Benítez, C. Hérelle, Dante, Malang Sarr, Youcef Atal, Wylan Cyprien, Adrien Tamèze, Pierre Lees-Melou, Olivier Boscagli, Allan Saint-Maximin, Mario Balotelli