Montpellier 2-1 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 25 January 2014

Result

Montpellier 2-1 Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 25 January 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Montpellier 2-1 Nice: match report

Montpellier beat Nice 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 25 January 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.

M'Baye Niang opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Montpellier's goals came from M'Baye Niang (31'), Vitorino Hilton (54') and Souleymane Camara (81'). Nice scored through Alexy Bosetti (69').

Discipline: Montpellier received 1 yellow card; Nice received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Montpellier were 16th on 21 points from 21 and Nice 12th on 28 points from 21. Montpellier went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Nice 15th with 44.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Montpellier wins, 2 draws and 1 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · M'Baye NiangMontpellier · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Joris MarveauxMontpellier
  • 54'Goal · Vitorino HiltonMontpellier · 2-0
  • 69'Goal · Alexy BosettiNice · 2-1
  • 81'Goal · Souleymane CamaraMontpellier · 3-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Alexy BosettiNice

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Montpellier 6, draws 2, Nice 1.

Team news

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

Geoffrey Jourdren, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, Mathieu Deplagne, Siaka Tiéné, Joris Marveaux, Rémy Cabella, Morgan Sanson, Benjamin Stambouli, Anthony Mounier, M'Baye Niang

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

David Ospina, Grégoire Puel, Romain Genevois, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Kevin Gomis, D. Digard, Fabrice Abriel, Christian Brüls, Luigi Bruins, Nampalys Mendy, Darío Cvitanich