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
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.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Jean Makoun
- 22'Yellow card · Cyril Jeunechamp
- 52'Goal · M. Erdinç
- 69'Penalty goal · Younès Belhanda
- 70'Yellow card · Jamel Saihi
- 79'Yellow card · Benjamin Stambouli
Head-to-head
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