Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 16 October 2010

Result

Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux

Ligue 1 · Saturday 16 October 2010, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux: match report

Montpellier won against Sochaux 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 16 October 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (30') and Younès Belhanda (44'). Sochaux did not score.

Discipline: Montpellier received no yellow cards; Sochaux received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 11th on 11 points from 8 and Sochaux 6th on 13 points from 8. Montpellier went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Sochaux 5th with 58.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-5-1 and Sochaux in a 4-1-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Montpellier wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sochaux.

Going into the match Montpellier's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Sochaux's W-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Kévin AninSochaux
  • 24'Yellow card · M. MartinSochaux
  • 30'Goal · Mapou Yanga-MbiwaMontpellier · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Younès BelhandaMontpellier · 2-0
  • 60'Yellow card · CarlãoSochaux
  • 89'Yellow card · Modibo MaígaSochaux

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Montpellier 2, draws 0, Sochaux 0.

Team news

Montpellier line-up (4-5-1)

Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Joris Marveaux, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Younès Belhanda, Olivier Giroud, Souleymane Camara, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp

Sochaux line-up (4-1-3-2)

Matthieu Dreyer, Boukary Dramé, Jeremie Brechet, Jacques Faty, David Sauget, Kévin Anin, Ryad Boudebouz, Nicolas Maurice-Belay, Marvin Martin, Brown Ideye, Modibo Maíga