Rennes 2-1 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 October 2012

Result

Rennes 2-1 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 October 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rennes 2-1 Montpellier: match report

Rennes defeated Montpellier 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 October 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jean Makoun opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Rennes's goals came from Jean Makoun (13') and M. Erdinç (52'). Montpellier scored through Younès Belhanda (69', penalty).

Discipline: Rennes received no yellow cards; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 12th on 10 points from 8 and Montpellier 15th on 8 points from 8. Rennes went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Montpellier 9th with 52.

Rennes lined up in a 4-3-3 and Montpellier in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rennes wins, 0 draws and 4 for Montpellier.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Jean MakounRennes · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Cyril JeunechampMontpellier
  • 52'Goal · M. ErdinçRennes · 2-0
  • 69'Penalty goal · Younès BelhandaMontpellier · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Jamel SaihiMontpellier
  • 79'Yellow card · Benjamin StambouliMontpellier

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Rennes 2, draws 0, Montpellier 4.

Team news

Rennes line-up (4-3-3)

Benoît Costil, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Onyekachi Apam, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, Yassine Jebbour, Romain Danzé, Julien Féret, Jean Makoun, Jonathan Pitroipa, Mevlüt Erdinç, Romain Alessandrini

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

Laurent Pionnier, Henri Bedimo, Daniel Congré, Anthony Mounier, Younès Belhanda, Benjamin Stambouli, Jamel Saihi, Gaëtan Charbonnier, Souleymane Camara, Vitorino Hilton, Cyril Jeunechamp