Montpellier 3-1 Nice: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 October 2012
Result
Montpellier 3-1 Nice
Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 October 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Montpellier 3-1 Nice: match report
Montpellier defeated Nice 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 27 October 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Souleymane Camara opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Montpellier's goals came from Souleymane Camara (53'), John Utaka (64') and an own goal by Renato Civelli (87'). Nice scored through Darío Cvitanich (90+1', penalty).
Discipline: Montpellier received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Nice received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Montpellier were 16th on 8 points from 9 and Nice 15th on 9 points from 9. Montpellier went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Nice 3rd with 66.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nice in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Montpellier wins, 1 draw and 0 for Nice.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Nice's D-L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 49'Yellow card · John Utaka
- 53'Goal · Souleymane Camara
- 63'Yellow card · Henri Bedimo
- 64'Goal · John Utaka
- 80'Yellow card · Daniel Congré
- 86'Yellow card · Richard Wright
- 87'Own goal · Renato Civelli
- 90+1'Red card · G. Bocaly
- 90+1'Penalty goal · Darío Cvitanich
- 90+2'Yellow card · Mahamane Traore
Head-to-head
Team news
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Henri Bedimo, Daniel Congré, Anthony Mounier, Younès Belhanda, Rémy Cabella, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Souleymane Camara, Vitorino Hilton
Nice line-up (4-3-3)
Joris Delle, Renato Civelli, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Lloyd Palun, D. Digard, Mahamane Traore, Camel Meriem, Eric Bauthéac, Nemanja Pejčinović, Darío Cvitanich, Jérémy Pied