Olympique Marseille 2-1 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 19 January 2013
Result
Olympique Marseille 2-1 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Saturday 19 January 2013, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Olympique Marseille 2-1 Montpellier: match report
Olympique Marseille defeated Montpellier 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 19 January 2013. It was 1-1 at half-time.
André Ayew opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from André Ayew (14'), Jordan Ayew (79') and André-Pierre Gignac (90+1'). Montpellier scored through Emanuel Herrera (17') and John Utaka (56').
Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card; Montpellier received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 3rd on 35 points from 20 and Montpellier 9th on 29 points from 20. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Montpellier 9th with 52.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Marseille wins, 0 draws and 3 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Montpellier's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 14'Goal · André Ayew
- 17'Goal · Emanuel Herrera
- 38'Yellow card · Geoffrey Jourdren
- 56'Goal · John Utaka
- 72'Yellow card · Rod Fanni
- 79'Goal · Jordan Ayew
- 90+1'Goal · André-Pierre Gignac
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Mandanda, Nicolas N'Koulou, Lucas Mendes, Jérémy Morel, Rod Fanni, Benoît Cheyrou, Mathieu Valbuena, Jordan Ayew, André-Pierre Gignac, André Ayew, Joey Barton
Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Vitorino Hilton, Henri Bedimo, Daniel Congré, Romain Pitau, Bryan Dabo, John Utaka, Emanuel Herrera, Souleymane Camara, Rémy Cabella