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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Emir SpahićMontpellier
  • 28'Yellow card · Romain PitauMontpellier
  • 29'Yellow card · Hatem Ben ArfaOlympique Marseille
  • 32'Yellow card · Vitorino HiltonOlympique Marseille
  • 33'Yellow card · Souleymane CamaraMontpellier
  • 49'Goal · Karim Aït-FanaMontpellier · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Bakari KonéOlympique Marseille
  • 58'Yellow card · Cyril JeunechampMontpellier
  • 76'Own goal · Benoît CheyrouMontpellier · 2-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Montpellier 0, draws 0, Olympique Marseille 1.

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