Montpellier 4-0 Lorient: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 December 2011

Result

Montpellier 4-0 Lorient

Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 December 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Montpellier 4-0 Lorient: match report

Montpellier won against Lorient 4-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 3 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

Geoffrey Dernis opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Geoffrey Dernis (27'), Olivier Giroud (47'), John Utaka (62') and Rémy Cabella (86'). Lorient did not score.

Discipline: Montpellier received no yellow cards; Lorient received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Montpellier were 1st on 33 points from 15 and Lorient 8th on 23 points from 15. Montpellier went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Lorient 17th with 39.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Geoffrey DernisMontpellier · 1-0
  • 46'Yellow card · Bruno Ecuele MangaLorient
  • 47'Goal · Olivier GiroudMontpellier · 2-0
  • 62'Goal · John UtakaMontpellier · 3-0
  • 86'Goal · Rémy CabellaMontpellier · 4-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Montpellier 2, draws 2, Lorient 0.

Team news

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

Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Joris Marveaux, Younès Belhanda, Geoffrey Dernis, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Vitorino Hilton

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Pedrinho, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Lucas Mareque, Arnaud Le Lan, Arnold Mvuemba, Yann Jouffre, Mathieu Coutadeur, Innocent Emeghara, Gilles Sunu, Kévin Monnet-Paquet