Montpellier 2-0 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 January 2010
Result
Montpellier 2-0 Olympique Marseille
Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 January 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Montpellier 2-0 Olympique Marseille: match report
Montpellier won against Olympique Marseille 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 30 January 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Karim Aït-Fana opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Karim Aït-Fana (49') and an own goal by Benoît Cheyrou (76'). Olympique Marseille did not score.
Discipline: Montpellier received 4 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 4th on 37 points from 21 and Olympique Marseille 5th on 36 points from 20. Montpellier went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Olympique Marseille 1st with 78.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-3-3 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Montpellier wins, 0 draws and 1 for Olympique Marseille.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Olympique Marseille's W-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Emir Spahić
- 28'Yellow card · Romain Pitau
- 29'Yellow card · Hatem Ben Arfa
- 32'Yellow card · Vitorino Hilton
- 33'Yellow card · Souleymane Camara
- 49'Goal · Karim Aït-Fana
- 57'Yellow card · Bakari Koné
- 58'Yellow card · Cyril Jeunechamp
- 76'Own goal · Benoît Cheyrou
Head-to-head
Team news
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Joris Marveaux, Karim Aït-Fana, Tino Costa, Victor Hugo Montano, Souleymane Camara, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-3-3)
Steve Mandanda, Souleymane Diawara, Laurent Bonnart, Benoît Cheyrou, Charles Kabore, Fabrice Abriel, Mamadou Niang, Bakari Koné, Vitorino Hilton, Hatem Ben Arfa, Mehmet Yozgatlı