Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 January 2013

Result

Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux

Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 January 2013, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux: match report

Montpellier defeated Sochaux 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 26 January 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Emanuel Herrera opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Emanuel Herrera (28') and John Utaka (34'). Sochaux did not score.

Discipline: Montpellier received 1 yellow card; Sochaux received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 12th on 29 points from 21 and Sochaux 16th on 22 points from 21. Montpellier went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Sochaux 16th with 41.

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 6 Montpellier wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sochaux.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Geoffrey JourdrenMontpellier
  • 28'Goal · Emanuel HerreraMontpellier · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · John UtakaMontpellier · 2-0
  • 48'Yellow card · CarlãoSochaux
  • 74'Yellow card · Rafaël DiasSochaux

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Montpellier 6, draws 1, Sochaux 0.

Team news

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

Geoffrey Jourdren, Vitorino Hilton, Henri Bedimo, Daniel Congré, Mathieu Deplagne, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Jonas Martin, John Utaka, Emanuel Herrera, Souleymane Camara, Rémy Cabella

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

Simon Pouplin, Sébastien Corchia, Carlão, Cedric Kante, Yassine Mikari, Mathieu Peybernes, David Sauget, Rafaël Dias, Sébastien Roudet, Cédric Bakambu, Roy Contout