Montpellier 2-1 Valenciennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 15 January 2011
Result
Montpellier 2-1 Valenciennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 15 January 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Montpellier 2-1 Valenciennes: match report
Montpellier defeated Valenciennes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 15 January 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
M. Dossevi opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Olivier Giroud (80', penalty) and A. El Kaoutari (82'). Valenciennes scored through M. Dossevi (49').
Discipline: Montpellier received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Valenciennes received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Montpellier were 10th on 27 points from 19 and Valenciennes 16th on 22 points from 19. Montpellier went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Valenciennes 12th with 48.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Valenciennes in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Montpellier wins, 1 draw and 0 for Valenciennes.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Valenciennes's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Jamel Saihi
- 30'Yellow card · R. Mater
- 49'Goal · M. Dossevi
- 79'Second yellow · R. Mater
- 80'Penalty goal · Olivier Giroud
- 82'Goal · A. El Kaoutari
- 83'Red card · Benjamin Stambouli
Head-to-head
Team news
Montpellier line-up (4-1-4-1)
Laurent Pionnier, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Joris Marveaux, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Karim Aït-Fana, Benjamin Stambouli, Jamel Saihi, Younès Belhanda, Olivier Giroud, Cyril Jeunechamp
Valenciennes line-up (4-1-4-1)
Nicolas Penneteau, Milan Biševac, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Nicolas Pallois, Rudy Mater, Matthieu Dossevi, Tae-hee Nam, José Saez, Mamadou Samassa, Gregory Pujol, David Ducourtioux