Montpellier 2-1 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 October 2009
Result
Montpellier 2-1 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 October 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Montpellier 2-1 Saint-Étienne: match report
Montpellier beat Saint-Étienne 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 17 October 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Karim Aït-Fana opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Karim Aït-Fana (54') and Souleymane Camara (60'). Saint-Étienne scored through Gonzalo Bergessio (71', penalty).
Discipline: Montpellier received 1 yellow card; Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Montpellier were 3rd on 17 points from 8 and Saint-Étienne 12th on 10 points from 8. Montpellier went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Saint-Étienne 17th with 40.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-3-3 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Saint-Étienne's W-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Y. Andreu
- 28'Yellow card · Nenad Dzodic
- 32'Yellow card · Guirane N'Daw
- 44'Second yellow · Y. Andreu
- 54'Goal · Karim Aït-Fana
- 60'Goal · Souleymane Camara
- 71'Penalty goal · Gonzalo Bergessio
Team news
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Joris Marveaux, Geoffrey Dernis, Karim Aït-Fana, Tino Costa, Victor Hugo Montano, Nenad Dzodic, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp
Saint-Étienne line-up (4-4-2)
Jérémie Janot, Mouhamadou Dabo, Yohan Benalouane, Augusto Fernández, Guirane N'Daw, Christophe Landrin, Gelson Fernandes, Gonzalo Bergessio, Sylvain Derome Monsoreau, Blaise Matuidi, Emmanuel Rivière