Montpellier 5-3 Dijon: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 15 October 2011
Result
Montpellier 5-3 Dijon
Ligue 1 · Saturday 15 October 2011, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Montpellier 5-3 Dijon: match report
Montpellier won against Dijon 5-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 15 October 2011. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Benjamin Corgnet opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Montpellier's goals came from an own goal by S. Paulle (27'), Olivier Giroud (50'), Olivier Giroud (58', penalty), Souleymane Camara (64') and Olivier Giroud (81'). Dijon scored through Benjamin Corgnet (9'), Benjamin Corgnet (11') and Thomas Guerbert (90').
Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards; Dijon received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 2nd on 17 points from 9 and Dijon 11th on 11 points from 9. Montpellier went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Dijon 19th with 36.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Dijon in a 4-1-4-1.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read D-L-W-D-W and Dijon's D-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Benjamin Corgnet
- 11'Goal · Benjamin Corgnet
- 26'Yellow card · É. Bauthéac
- 27'Own goal · S. Paulle
- 28'Yellow card · John Utaka
- 50'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 51'Yellow card · Rémy Cabella
- 57'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Bamba
- 58'Penalty goal · Olivier Giroud
- 64'Goal · Souleymane Camara
- 81'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 90'Goal · Thomas Guerbert
Team news
Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Henri Bedimo, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Younès Belhanda, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Rémy Cabella, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Vitorino Hilton, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp
Dijon expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Baptiste Reynet, Chaher Zarour, Samuel Souprayen, Steven Paulle, Abdoulaye Bamba, Eric Bauthéac, Thomas Guerbert, Benjamin Corgnet, Younousse Sankharé, Sanaa Altama