Olympique Marseille 4-2 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 19 September 2009
Result
Olympique Marseille 4-2 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Saturday 19 September 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Olympique Marseille 4-2 Montpellier: match report
Olympique Marseille defeated Montpellier 4-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 19 September 2009. The half-time score was 3-0.
Lucho González opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Lucho González (31'), Mamadou Niang (34'), Edouard Cisse (39') and Souleymane Diawara (50'). Montpellier scored through Younès Belhanda (75') and Souleymane Camara (87', penalty).
Discipline: Olympique Marseille received no yellow cards; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 6th on 11 points from 5 and Montpellier 5th on 11 points from 5. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 1st with 78 points, and Montpellier 5th with 67.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Montpellier in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Montpellier's W-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 31'Goal · Lucho González
- 34'Goal · Mamadou Niang
- 39'Goal · Edouard Cisse
- 50'Goal · Souleymane Diawara
- 75'Goal · Younès Belhanda
- 80'Yellow card · Younès Belhanda
- 87'Penalty goal · Souleymane Camara
- 90'Yellow card · Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
Team news
Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Steve Mandanda, Laurent Bonnart, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Lorik Cana, Ronald Zubar, Julien Rodriguez, Benoît Cheyrou, Modeste M'bami, Samir Nasri, Mamadou Niang, Djibril Cissé
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Joris Marveaux, Geoffrey Dernis, Tino Costa, Younès Belhanda, Victor Hugo Montano, Nenad Dzodic, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp