Montpellier 1-1 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 3 December 2017
Result
Montpellier 1-1 Olympique Marseille
Ligue 1 · Sunday 3 December 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Montpellier 1-1 Olympique Marseille: match report
Montpellier drew with Olympique Marseille 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 3 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Giovanni Sio opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Montpellier's goal came from Giovanni Sio (29'). Olympique Marseille scored through F. Thauvin (45', penalty).
Discipline: Montpellier received 4 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 8th on 21 points from 15 and Olympique Marseille 4th on 31 points from 15. Montpellier went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Olympique Marseille 4th with 77.
Montpellier lined up in a 5-3-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Junior Sambia of Montpellier (7.5), ahead of Nordi Mukiele (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Montpellier wins, 2 draws and 6 for Olympique Marseille.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read D-W-D-D-L and Olympique Marseille's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Paul Lasne
- 20'Yellow card · Dimitri Payet
- 29'Goal · Giovanni Sio
- 32'Yellow card · Nordi Mukiele
- 42'Yellow card · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 45'Penalty goal · F. Thauvin
- 45+1'Yellow card · Pedro Mendes
- 52'Yellow card · Jordan Amavi
Head-to-head
Team news
Montpellier line-up (5-3-2)
Benjamin Lecomte, Ruben Aguilar, Vitorino Hilton, Pedro Mendes, Nordi Mukiele, Jérôme Roussillon, Paul Lasne, Ellyes Skhiri, Stéphane Sessègnon, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Isaac Mbenza
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Mandanda, Hiroki Sakai, Aymen Abdennour, J. Amavi, Adil Rami, Morgan Sanson, Dimitri Payet, Luiz Gustavo, Florian Thauvin, Frank Anguissa, Valère Germain