Montpellier 3-0 Ajaccio: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 8 December 2012

Result

Montpellier 3-0 Ajaccio

Ligue 1 · Saturday 8 December 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Montpellier 3-0 Ajaccio: match report

Montpellier defeated Ajaccio 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

John Utaka opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Montpellier's goals came from John Utaka (28'), Rémy Cabella (32') and Younès Belhanda (67'). Ajaccio did not score.

Discipline: Montpellier received 1 yellow card; Ajaccio received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 14th on 17 points from 15 and Ajaccio 13th on 18 points from 15. Montpellier went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Ajaccio 15th with 42.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Ajaccio in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Montpellier wins, 0 draws and 0 for Ajaccio.

Going into the match Montpellier's last five read L-W-D-D-D and Ajaccio's D-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Romain PitauMontpellier
  • 23'Yellow card · Samuel BouhoursAjaccio
  • 28'Goal · John UtakaMontpellier · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Rémy CabellaMontpellier · 2-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Ricardo FatyAjaccio
  • 67'Goal · Younès BelhandaMontpellier · 3-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Montpellier 2, draws 0, Ajaccio 0.

Team news

Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)

Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Vitorino Hilton, Daniel Congré, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Younès Belhanda, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Romain Pitau, John Utaka, Emanuel Herrera, Rémy Cabella

Ajaccio line-up (4-2-3-1)

Guillermo Ochoa, Carl Medjani, Yohann Poulard, Fousseni Diawara, Samuel Bouhours, Ricardo Faty, Mehdi Mostefa, Johan Cavalli, Frédéric Sammaritano, Chahir Belghazouani, Sigamary Diarra