Olympique Marseille 1-3 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 11 April 2012
Result
Olympique Marseille 1-3 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 11 April 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Olympique Marseille 1-3 Montpellier: match report
Olympique Marseille lost to Montpellier 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 11 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Younès Belhanda opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Olympique Marseille's goal came from Stephane M'Bia (33'). Montpellier scored through Younès Belhanda (7', penalty), Olivier Giroud (49') and Younès Belhanda (71').
Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards; Montpellier received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 9th on 40 points from 30 and Montpellier 1st on 63 points from 30. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 10th with 48 points, and Montpellier 1st with 82.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-1-2-3 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Olympique Marseille wins, 0 draws and 2 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Montpellier's W-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Djimi Traoré
- 7'Penalty goal · Younès Belhanda
- 29'Yellow card · Alou Diarra
- 33'Goal · Stephane M'Bia
- 48'Yellow card · Jamel Saihi
- 49'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 50'Yellow card · Benoît Cheyrou
- 71'Goal · Younès Belhanda
- 77'Yellow card · André Ayew
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-1-2-3)
Steve Mandanda, Nicolas N'Koulou, Djimi Traoré, Rod Fanni, Benoît Cheyrou, Charles Kabore, Brandão, André-Pierre Gignac, Jordan Ayew, Alou Diarra, Mehmet Yozgatlı
Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Younès Belhanda, Marco Estrada Quinteros, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Olivier Giroud, Souleymane Camara, Vitorino Hilton