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 · Montpellier · Ligue 1 predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Isaac MbenzaMontpellier · 0-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Ellyes SkhiriMontpellier
  • 68'Yellow card · Daniel CongréMontpellier
  • 74'Yellow card · Romain HamoumaSaint-Étienne
  • 85'Yellow card · Léo LacroixSaint-Étienne
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul LasneMontpellier

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Saint-Étienne 7, draws 2, Montpellier 1.

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