Montpellier 3-1 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 April 2013

Result

Montpellier 3-1 Valenciennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 April 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Montpellier · Valenciennes · Ligue 1 predictions

Montpellier 3-1 Valenciennes: match report

Montpellier defeated Valenciennes 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 6 April 2013. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Souleymane Camara opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Souleymane Camara (18'), Daniel Congré (60') and Younès Belhanda (86'). Valenciennes scored through Opa Nguette (40').

Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards; Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 9th on 45 points from 30 and Valenciennes 12th on 36 points from 30. Montpellier went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Valenciennes 12th with 48.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valenciennes in a 5-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Montpellier wins, 2 draws and 1 for Valenciennes.

Going into the match Montpellier's last five read L-D-L-W-W and Valenciennes's L-D-L-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Souleymane CamaraMontpellier · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · Opa NguetteValenciennes · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Brou Benjamin AngouaValenciennes
  • 44'Yellow card · John UtakaMontpellier
  • 60'Goal · Daniel CongréMontpellier · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Rémy CabellaMontpellier
  • 77'Yellow card · Gaël DanicValenciennes
  • 77'Yellow card · Carlos SánchezValenciennes
  • 86'Goal · Younès BelhandaMontpellier · 3-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Montpellier 4, draws 2, Valenciennes 1.

Team news

Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)

Geoffrey Jourdren, Vitorino Hilton, Henri Bedimo, Daniel Congré, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Younès Belhanda, Benjamin Stambouli, Jonas Martin, John Utaka, Souleymane Camara, Rémy Cabella

Valenciennes line-up (5-4-1)

Nicolas Penneteau, Benjamin Angoua, Lindsay Rose, Rudy Mater, Carlos Sánchez, Remi Gomis, Maor Melikson, Gaël Danic, Opa Nguette, Younousse Sankharé, Gaëtan Bong