Saint-Étienne 0-1 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Friday 20 October 2017
Result
Saint-Étienne 0-1 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Friday 20 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Saint-Étienne 0-1 Montpellier: match report
Saint-Étienne were beaten by Montpellier 0-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday 20 October 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Isaac Mbenza of Montpellier in the 21st minute.
Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 3rd on 17 points from 9 and Montpellier 11th on 12 points from 9. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Montpellier 10th with 51.
Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Montpellier in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Vitorino Hilton of Montpellier (9.0), ahead of Nordi Mukiele (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Saint-Étienne wins, 2 draws and 1 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Saint-Étienne's last five read W-L-D-W-D and Montpellier's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Isaac Mbenza
- 53'Yellow card · Ellyes Skhiri
- 68'Yellow card · Daniel Congré
- 74'Yellow card · Romain Hamouma
- 85'Yellow card · Léo Lacroix
- 90'Yellow card · Paul Lasne
Head-to-head
Team news
Saint-Étienne line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stéphane Ruffier, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Léo Lacroix, Gabriel Silva, Saidy Janko, Vincent Pajot, Rémy Cabella, Habib Maïga, Romain Hamouma, Kévin Monnet-Paquet, Loïs Diony
Montpellier line-up (3-4-1-2)
Benjamin Lecomte, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, Pedro Mendes, Ruben Aguilar, Paul Lasne, Ellyes Skhiri, Nordi Mukiele, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Isaac Mbenza, Stéphane Sessègnon