Sochaux 1-3 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 September 2012
Result
Sochaux 1-3 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 September 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sochaux 1-3 Montpellier: match report
Sochaux were beaten by Montpellier 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 1 September 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Younès Belhanda opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Sochaux's goal came from S. Privat (63'). Montpellier scored through Younès Belhanda (16', penalty), E. Herrera (58') and Rémy Cabella (78').
Discipline: Sochaux received 2 yellow cards; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sochaux were 20th on 0 points from 3 and Montpellier 18th on 1 point from 3. Sochaux went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Montpellier 9th with 52.
Sochaux lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Montpellier in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sochaux wins, 1 draw and 5 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Sochaux's last five read L-L-L and Montpellier's L-L-D.
Key events
- 16'Penalty goal · Younès Belhanda
- 16'Yellow card · Yaya Banana
- 21'Yellow card · S. Roudet
- 32'Yellow card · G. Bocaly
- 58'Goal · E. Herrera
- 63'Goal · S. Privat
- 65'Yellow card · Jamel Saihi
- 75'Yellow card · John Utaka
- 78'Goal · Rémy Cabella
Head-to-head
Team news
Sochaux line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pierrick Cros, Yaya Banana, Cedric Kante, Jérôme Roussillon, Mathieu Peybernes, Loic Poujol, Thierry Doubai, Ryad Boudebouz, Sébastien Roudet, Cédric Bakambu, Roy Contout
Montpellier line-up (4-1-4-1)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Anthony Mounier, Younès Belhanda, Rémy Cabella, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Emanuel Herrera, Vitorino Hilton