Montpellier 2-0 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 15 October 2017

Result

Montpellier 2-0 Nice

Ligue 1 · Sunday 15 October 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Montpellier · Nice · Ligue 1 predictions

Montpellier 2-0 Nice: match report

Montpellier defeated Nice 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 15 October 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Stéphane Sessègnon opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Stéphane Sessègnon (55') and Isaac Mbenza (74'). Nice did not score.

Discipline: Montpellier received 3 yellow cards; Nice received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Montpellier were 14th on 9 points from 8 and Nice 13th on 10 points from 8. Montpellier went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Nice 8th with 54.

Montpellier lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Nice in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Benjamin Lecomte of Montpellier (9.1), ahead of Stéphane Sessègnon (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Montpellier wins, 3 draws and 4 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · DanteNice
  • 55'Goal · Stéphane SessègnonMontpellier · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Jérôme RoussillonMontpellier
  • 74'Goal · Isaac MbenzaMontpellier · 2-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Isaac MbenzaMontpellier
  • 87'Yellow card · Vitorino HiltonMontpellier

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Montpellier 3, draws 3, Nice 4.

Team news

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

Benjamin Lecomte, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, Nordi Mukiele, Ruben Aguilar, Paul Lasne, Ellyes Skhiri, Jérôme Roussillon, Souleymane Camara, Stéphane Sessègnon, Casimir Ninga

Nice line-up (4-4-2)

Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Maxime Le Marchand, Christophe Jallet, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Allan Saint-Maximin, Pierre Lees-Melou, Vincent Koziello, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa