Caen 1-3 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 October 2011
Result
Caen 1-3 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 October 2011, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Caen 1-3 Montpellier: match report
Caen lost to Montpellier 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 October 2011. The half-time score was 0-2.
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Caen's goal came from Benjamin Nivet (82', penalty). Montpellier scored through Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (14'), John Utaka (20') and Younès Belhanda (79').
Discipline: Caen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Caen were 8th on 15 points from 10 and Montpellier 2nd on 20 points from 10. Caen went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Montpellier 1st with 82.
Caen lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Montpellier in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Caen win, 1 draw and 0 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Caen's last five read D-D-W-W-D and Montpellier's W-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Jérémy Sorbon
- 14'Goal · Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
- 18'Yellow card · Joris Marveaux
- 20'Goal · John Utaka
- 24'Yellow card · N. Seube
- 48'Yellow card · Pierre-Alain Frau
- 64'Second yellow · Joris Marveaux
- 79'Goal · Younès Belhanda
- 81'Yellow card · Geoffrey Jourdren
- 82'Penalty goal · Benjamin Nivet
- 85'Yellow card · Younès Belhanda
- 88'Second yellow · Pierre-Alain Frau
Head-to-head
Team news
Caen line-up (4-1-4-1)
Alexis Thébaux, Thomas Heurtaux, Jerry Vandam, Jérémy Sorbon, Grégory Leca, Benjamin Nivet, Frédéric Bulot, M'Baye Niang, Pierre-Alain Frau, Romain Hamouma, Nicolas Seube
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Joris Marveaux, Younès Belhanda, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Souleymane Camara, Vitorino Hilton