Montpellier 3-0 Nîmes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 September 2018
Result
Montpellier 3-0 Nîmes
Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 September 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Montpellier 3-0 Nîmes: match report
Montpellier defeated Nîmes 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 30 September 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ambroise Oyongo opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Ambroise Oyongo (28'), Andy Delort (45+10', penalty) and Gaëtan Laborde (78'). Nîmes did not score.
Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards; Nîmes received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 6th on 12 points from 7 and Nîmes 14th on 9 points from 7. Montpellier went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and Nîmes 9th with 53.
Montpellier lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Nîmes in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Florent Mollet of Montpellier (9.0), ahead of Benjamin Lecomte (8.0).
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read D-W-D-W-D and Nîmes's D-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Ruben Aguilar
- 28'Goal · Ambroise Oyongo
- 42'Yellow card · H. Lybohy
- 45+2'Yellow card · Moustapha Diallo
- 45+9'Yellow card · Anthony Briançon
- 45+10'Penalty goal · Andy Delort
- 62'Yellow card · Ambroise Oyongo
- 78'Goal · Gaëtan Laborde
Team news
Montpellier line-up (3-4-1-2)
Benjamin Lecomte, Daniel Congré, Pedro Mendes, Nicolas Cozza, Ruben Aguilar, Ellyes Skhiri, Damien Le Tallec, Ambroise Oyongo, Florent Mollet, Gaëtan Laborde, Andy Delort
Nîmes line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Bernardoni, Sofiane Alakouch, Anthony Briançon, Hervé Lybohy, Faitout Maouassa, Sada Thioub, Moustapha Diallo, Antonin Bobichon, Denis Bouanga, Baptiste Guillaume, Renaud Ripart