Olympique Marseille 1-3 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 11 April 2012

Result

Olympique Marseille 1-3 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 11 April 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Olympique Marseille 1-3 Montpellier: match report

Olympique Marseille lost to Montpellier 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 11 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Younès Belhanda opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Olympique Marseille's goal came from Stephane M'Bia (33'). Montpellier scored through Younès Belhanda (7', penalty), Olivier Giroud (49') and Younès Belhanda (71').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards; Montpellier received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 9th on 40 points from 30 and Montpellier 1st on 63 points from 30. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 10th with 48 points, and Montpellier 1st with 82.

Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-1-2-3 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Olympique Marseille wins, 0 draws and 2 for Montpellier.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Djimi TraoréOlympique Marseille
  • 7'Penalty goal · Younès BelhandaMontpellier · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Alou DiarraOlympique Marseille
  • 33'Goal · Stephane M'BiaOlympique Marseille · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Jamel SaihiMontpellier
  • 49'Goal · Olivier GiroudMontpellier · 1-2
  • 50'Yellow card · Benoît CheyrouOlympique Marseille
  • 71'Goal · Younès BelhandaMontpellier · 1-3
  • 77'Yellow card · André AyewOlympique Marseille

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Olympique Marseille 3, draws 0, Montpellier 2.

Team news

Olympique Marseille line-up (4-1-2-3)

Steve Mandanda, Nicolas N'Koulou, Djimi Traoré, Rod Fanni, Benoît Cheyrou, Charles Kabore, Brandão, André-Pierre Gignac, Jordan Ayew, Alou Diarra, Mehmet Yozgatlı

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

Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Younès Belhanda, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Souleymane Camara, Vitorino Hilton