Nantes 1-0 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 21 December 2016

Result

Nantes 1-0 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 21 December 2016, 19:50 UTC · half-time 1-0

Nantes · Montpellier · Ligue 1 predictions

Nantes 1-0 Montpellier: match report

Nantes beat Montpellier 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 21 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Lucas Lima of Nantes in the 12th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Nantes received 2 yellow cards; Montpellier received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Nantes were 19th on 16 points from 17 and Montpellier 10th on 22 points from 18. Nantes went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Montpellier 15th with 39.

Nantes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Lima of Nantes (7.8), level with Koffi Djidji (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Penalty goal · Lucas LimaNantes · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Koffi DjidjiNantes
  • 88'Yellow card · Diego CarlosNantes

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Nantes 2, draws 2, Montpellier 2.

Team news

Nantes line-up (4-4-2)

Maxime Dupé, Diego Carlos, Lucas Lima, Léo Dubois, Koffi Djidji, Jules Iloki, Amine Harit, Abdoulaye Touré, Guillaume Gillet, Emiliano Sala, Mariusz Stępiński

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

Laurent Pionnier, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, Jérôme Roussillon, Mathieu Deplagne, Yacouba Sylla, Paul Lasne, Morgan Sanson, Ellyes Skhiri, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steve Mounié