Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 August 2009
Result
Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 August 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux: match report
Montpellier defeated Sochaux 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 August 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
A. Costa opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Montpellier's goals came from A. Costa (61', penalty) and Karim Aït-Fana (90'). Sochaux did not score.
Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards; Sochaux received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 14th on 2 points from 2 and Sochaux 10th on 3 points from 2. Montpellier went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Sochaux 16th with 41.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sochaux in a 4-4-2.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
- 32'Yellow card · Stephane Dalmat
- 41'Yellow card · Romain Pitau
- 56'Yellow card · Nicolas Maurice-Belay
- 61'Penalty goal · A. Costa
- 68'Yellow card · Damien Perquis
- 70'Yellow card · Miladin Stevanovic
- 90'Goal · Karim Aït-Fana
Team news
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Joris Marveaux, Tino Costa, Younès Belhanda, Victor Hugo Montano, Souleymane Camara, Nenad Dzodic, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp
Sochaux line-up (4-4-2)
Teddy Richert, Miladin Stevanovic, Jacques Faty, Yassine Mikari, Damien Perquis, Stephane Dalmat, Vincent Nogueira, Marvin Martin, Nicolas Maurice-Belay, Charlie Davies, Vaclav Sverkos