Paris Saint Germain 2-2 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 19 February 2012
Result
Paris Saint Germain 2-2 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Sunday 19 February 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Paris Saint Germain 2-2 Montpellier: match report
Paris Saint Germain drew with Montpellier 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 19 February 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Alex opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Paris Saint Germain's goals came from Alex (41') and G. Hoarau (88'). Montpellier scored through Younès Belhanda (45+2') and John Utaka (82').
Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received 3 yellow cards; Montpellier received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 1st on 50 points from 23 and Montpellier 2nd on 49 points from 23. Paris Saint Germain went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Montpellier 1st with 82.
Paris Saint Germain lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Paris Saint Germain win, 3 draws and 1 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Paris Saint Germain's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Montpellier's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Jamel Saihi
- 35'Yellow card · Mamadou Sakho
- 41'Goal · Alex
- 45+2'Goal · Younès Belhanda
- 50'Yellow card · Mohamed Sissoko
- 70'Yellow card · Blaise Matuidi
- 82'Goal · John Utaka
- 88'Goal · G. Hoarau
- 90+3'Yellow card · Olivier Giroud
Head-to-head
Team news
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-1-4-1)
Salvatore Sirigu, Mamadou Sakho, Milan Biševac, Alex, Maxwell, Nenê, Mohamed Sissoko, Jérémy Ménez, Kévin Gameiro, Blaise Matuidi, Thiago Motta
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