Montpellier 1-1 Le Mans: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 December 2009
Result
Montpellier 1-1 Le Mans
Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 December 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Montpellier 1-1 Le Mans: match report
Montpellier drew with Le Mans 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 5 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Karim Aït-Fana opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Karim Aït-Fana (12') and Lilian Compan (73'). Le Mans scored through Anthony Le Tallec (62').
Discipline: Montpellier received 3 yellow cards; Le Mans received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Montpellier were 5th on 24 points from 13 and Le Mans 18th on 10 points from 14. Montpellier went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Le Mans 18th with 37.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-3-3 and Le Mans in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Le Mans's D-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Karim Aït-Fana
- 30'Yellow card · Cyril Jeunechamp
- 43'Red card · Mathieu Dossevi
- 44'Yellow card · Alberto Facundo Costa
- 56'Yellow card · Frédéric Thomas
- 62'Goal · Anthony Le Tallec
- 68'Yellow card · Sébastien Corchia
- 73'Goal · Lilian Compan
- 76'Yellow card · Nenad Dzodic
- 78'Yellow card · Anthony Le Tallec
Team news
Montpellier expected line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Joris Marveaux, Karim Aït-Fana, Tino Costa, Victor Hugo Montano, Souleymane Camara, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp, Nenad Dzodic
Le Mans expected line-up (4-3-3)
Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang, Gregory Cerdan, Sébastien Corchia, Ludovic Baal, Herold Goulon, Frédéric Thomas, Cyriaque Louvion, Roland Lamah, Anthony Le Tallec, Modibo Maíga