Montpellier 3-1 Arles: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 25 September 2010
Result
Montpellier 3-1 Arles
Ligue 1 · Saturday 25 September 2010, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Montpellier 3-1 Arles: match report
Montpellier won against Arles 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 25 September 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Montpellier's goals came from Olivier Giroud (42'), Olivier Giroud (48', penalty) and Souleymane Camara (82'). Arles scored through Yann Kermorgant (61').
Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Arles received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 12th on 8 points from 6 and Arles 20th on 0 points from 6. Montpellier went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Arles 20th with 20.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read L-L-W-D-D and Arles's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 42'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 45'Yellow card · Cyril Jeunechamp
- 45'Yellow card · B. Psaume
- 48'Penalty goal · Olivier Giroud
- 53'Yellow card · Younès Belhanda
- 54'Red card · X. Collin
- 55'Yellow card · J. Fanchone
- 57'Yellow card · Yann Kermorgant
- 61'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 64'Yellow card · Álvaro Mejía
- 82'Goal · Souleymane Camara
- 87'Yellow card · Hameur Bouazza
Team news
Montpellier expected line-up (4-1-2-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Garry Bocaly, Emir Spahić, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Joris Marveaux, Souleymane Camara, Hasan Kabze, Olivier Giroud, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp
Arles line-up
Vincent Planté, Alvaro Mejia, Francisco Pavón, Loïc Abenzoar, Jean-Alain Fanchone, Sébastien Piocelle, Angelos Basinas, Camel Meriem, Benjamin Psaume, Angelos Charisteas, Franck Dja Djedjé