Nice 6-1 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 11 January 2023

Result

Nice 6-1 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 11 January 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Nice 6-1 Montpellier: match report

Nice beat Montpellier 6-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 11 January 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Nicolas Pépé opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Nice's goals came from Nicolas Pépé (15'), Khéphren Thuram (35'), Nicolas Pépé (56'), Andy Delort (75'), Ross Barkley (82') and Ross Barkley (85'). Montpellier scored through T. Savanier (80').

Discipline: Nice received 1 yellow card; Montpellier received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nice were 12th on 21 points from 17 and Montpellier 15th on 17 points from 17. Nice went on to finish that season 9th with 58 points, and Montpellier 12th with 50.

Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Khéphren Thuram of Nice (8.8), ahead of Ross Barkley (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Nice wins, 1 draw and 5 for Montpellier.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Nicolas PépéNice · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Khéphren ThuramNice · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · Nicolas PépéNice · 3-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Wahbi KhazriMontpellier
  • 63'Yellow card · Nicolas PépéNice
  • 75'Goal · Andy DelortNice · 4-0
  • 80'Goal · T. SavanierMontpellier · 4-1
  • 82'Goal · Ross BarkleyNice · 5-1
  • 85'Goal · Ross BarkleyNice · 6-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 4, draws 1, Montpellier 5.

Team news

Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Kasper Schmeichel, Jordan Lotomba, Jean-Clair Todibo, Dante, Melvin Bard, Hicham Boudaoui, Khéphren Thuram, Nicolas Pépé, Aaron Ramsey, Sofiane Diop, Gaëtan Laborde

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

Jonas Omlin, Falaye Sacko, Christopher Jullien, Maxime Estève, Faitout Maouassa, Jordan Ferri, Léo Leroy, Béni Makouana, Téji Savanier, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Elye Wahi