Saint-Étienne 1-0 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 February 2010
Result
Saint-Étienne 1-0 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 February 2010, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Saint-Étienne 1-0 Montpellier: match report
Saint-Étienne beat Montpellier 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 February 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Emmanuel Rivière of Saint-Étienne in the 80th minute.
Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card; Montpellier received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 16th on 23 points from 24 and Montpellier 2nd on 46 points from 24. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Montpellier 5th with 67.
Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-4-2 and Montpellier in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Saint-Étienne wins, 0 draws and 1 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Saint-Étienne's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Montpellier's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 55'Yellow card · Gonzalo Bergessio
- 56'Yellow card · Younès Belhanda
- 80'Goal · Emmanuel Rivière
- 88'Yellow card · A. El Kaoutari
Head-to-head
Team news
Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jérémie Janot, Yohan Benalouane, Cédric Varrault, Yoann Andreu, Guirane N'Daw, Gelson Fernandes, Kevin Mirallas, Dimitri Payet, Gonzalo Bergessio, Blaise Matuidi
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Joris Marveaux, Tino Costa, Younès Belhanda, Victor Hugo Montano, Souleymane Camara, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp