Montpellier 1-2 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 February 2011
Result
Montpellier 1-2 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 February 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Montpellier 1-2 Saint-Étienne: match report
Montpellier were beaten by Saint-Étienne 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 5 February 2011. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Emmanuel Rivière opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Montpellier's goal came from Jonas Martin (86'). Saint-Étienne scored through Emmanuel Rivière (12') and Emmanuel Rivière (37').
Discipline: Montpellier received 3 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 6th on 33 points from 21 and Saint-Étienne 7th on 32 points from 21. Montpellier went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Saint-Étienne 10th with 49.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Montpellier win, 0 draws and 2 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read W-W-D-D-D and Saint-Étienne's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Emmanuel Rivière
- 33'Yellow card · G. Bocaly
- 37'Goal · Emmanuel Rivière
- 40'Yellow card · Olivier Giroud
- 44'Yellow card · Carlos Bocanegra
- 54'Yellow card · Geoffrey Dernis
- 57'Yellow card · Loris Néry
- 82'Yellow card · Bakary Sako
- 86'Goal · Jonas Martin
Head-to-head
Team news
Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Joris Marveaux, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Karim Aït-Fana, Benjamin Stambouli, Younès Belhanda, Olivier Giroud, Souleymane Camara
Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jérémie Janot, Sylvain Marchal, Loïc Perrin, Gelson Fernandes, Guirane N'Daw, Emmanuel Rivière, Sylvain Derome Monsoreau, Blaise Matuidi