Montpellier 2-1 Sochaux: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 April 2012

Result

Montpellier 2-1 Sochaux

Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 April 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Montpellier 2-1 Sochaux: match report

Montpellier beat Sochaux 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 7 April 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Younès Belhanda opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Younès Belhanda (4') and Souleymane Camara (55'). Sochaux scored through Modibo Maíga (28').

Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards; Sochaux received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 1st on 60 points from 29 and Sochaux 19th on 30 points from 30. Montpellier went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Sochaux 14th with 42.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Montpellier wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sochaux.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Younès BelhandaMontpellier · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Modibo MaígaSochaux · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Jamel SaihiMontpellier
  • 36'Yellow card · Marco Estrada QuinterosMontpellier
  • 54'Yellow card · Sébastien CorchiaSochaux
  • 55'Goal · Souleymane CamaraMontpellier · 2-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Yaya BananaSochaux

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Montpellier 4, draws 1, Sochaux 0.

Team news

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

Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Younès Belhanda, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Souleymane Camara, Vitorino Hilton, Cyril Jeunechamp

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

Pierrick Cros, Sébastien Corchia, Yaya Banana, Carlão, David Sauget, Ryad Boudebouz, Marvin Martin, Sébastien Roudet, Joseph Romeric Lopy, Modibo Maíga, Abdoul Camara