Montpellier 3-1 Valenciennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 April 2013
Result
Montpellier 3-1 Valenciennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 April 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Montpellier 3-1 Valenciennes: match report
Montpellier defeated Valenciennes 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 6 April 2013. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Souleymane Camara opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Souleymane Camara (18'), Daniel Congré (60') and Younès Belhanda (86'). Valenciennes scored through Opa Nguette (40').
Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards; Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Montpellier were 9th on 45 points from 30 and Valenciennes 12th on 36 points from 30. Montpellier went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Valenciennes 12th with 48.
Montpellier lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valenciennes in a 5-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Montpellier wins, 2 draws and 1 for Valenciennes.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read L-D-L-W-W and Valenciennes's L-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Souleymane Camara
- 40'Goal · Opa Nguette
- 44'Yellow card · Brou Benjamin Angoua
- 44'Yellow card · John Utaka
- 60'Goal · Daniel Congré
- 64'Yellow card · Rémy Cabella
- 77'Yellow card · Gaël Danic
- 77'Yellow card · Carlos Sánchez
- 86'Goal · Younès Belhanda
Head-to-head
Team news
Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Vitorino Hilton, Henri Bedimo, Daniel Congré, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Younès Belhanda, Benjamin Stambouli, Jonas Martin, John Utaka, Souleymane Camara, Rémy Cabella
Valenciennes line-up (5-4-1)
Nicolas Penneteau, Benjamin Angoua, Lindsay Rose, Rudy Mater, Carlos Sánchez, Remi Gomis, Maor Melikson, Gaël Danic, Opa Nguette, Younousse Sankharé, Gaëtan Bong