Saint-Étienne 1-0 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 7 February 2026

Result

Saint-Étienne 1-0 Montpellier

Ligue 2 · Saturday 7 February 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Saint-Étienne · Montpellier · Ligue 2 predictions

Saint-Étienne 1-0 Montpellier: match report

Saint-Étienne beat Montpellier 1-0 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 7 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Julien Le Cardinal of Saint-Étienne in the 77th minute.

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card; Montpellier received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 5th on 34 points from 21 and Montpellier 10th on 31 points from 21. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 2nd with 60 points, and Montpellier 8th with 51.

Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Montpellier in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Julien Le Cardinal of Saint-Étienne (7.7), ahead of Igor Miladinovic (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Saint-Étienne wins, 1 draw and 4 for Montpellier.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Yellow card · Aïmen MoueffekSaint-Étienne
  • 70'Yellow card · Khalil FayadMontpellier
  • 73'Yellow card · Théo Sainte-LuceMontpellier
  • 77'Goal · Julien Le CardinalSaint-Étienne · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Becir OmeragicMontpellier
  • 86'Yellow card · Zoumana CamaraMontpellier

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Saint-Étienne 5, draws 1, Montpellier 4.

Team news

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Saint-Étienne line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gautier Larsonneur, Kévin Pedro, Julien Le Cardinal, Mickaël Nadé, Ben Old, Luan Gadegbeku, Aïmen Moueffek, Augustine Boakye, Igor Miladinovic, Zuriko Davitashvili, Lucas Stassin

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

Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Enzo Tchato, Julien Laporte, Théo Sainte-Luce, Lucas Mincarelli, Becir Omeragic, Nicolas Pays, Téji Savanier, Nathanaël Mbuku, Yanis Issoufou, Alexandre Mendy