Saint-Étienne 3-1 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 2 · Saturday 5 September 2026
Result
Saint-Étienne 3-1 Montpellier
Ligue 2 · Saturday 5 September 2026, 18:00 UTC · Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-etienne · half-time 1-1
Saint-Étienne 3-1 Montpellier: match report
Saint-Étienne defeated Montpellier 3-1 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Maxime Bernauer opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from Maxime Bernauer (41'), Augustine Boakye (49') and Joshua Duffus (71'). Montpellier scored through Daylam Meddah (45+5').
Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 1st on 12 points from 4 and Montpellier 5th on 8 points from 4. In the current table Saint-Étienne are 1st on 25 points and Montpellier are 2nd on 24 points.
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 Tamar Svetlin of Saint-Étienne (7.3), level with Daylam Meddah (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Saint-Étienne wins, 1 draw and 3 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Saint-Étienne's last five read W-W-W-W and Montpellier's D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 41'Goal · Maxime Bernauer
- 42'Yellow card · Zoumana Camara
- 45'Yellow card · Augustine Boakye
- 45+5'Goal · Daylam Meddah
- 49'Goal · Augustine Boakye
- 59'Yellow card · Naoufel El Hannach
- 59'Yellow card · Ian Cathro
- 67'Yellow card · Daylam Meddah
- 71'Goal · Joshua Duffus
Form and table
- Saint-ÉtienneLast five: W W W W
- MontpellierLast five: D W W D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 25 | DWWWL |
| 2 | Montpellier | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 24 | DWWWW |
Head-to-head
Team news
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Saint-Étienne line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gautier Larsonneur, Kévin Pedro, Julien Le Cardinal, Sohaib Naïr, Maxime Bernauer, Tamar Svetlin, Áron Csongvai, Augustine Boakye, Zuriko Davitashvili, Thierno Ballo, Irvin Cardona
Montpellier line-up (4-1-4-1)
Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Naoufel El Hannach, Julien Laporte, Yaël Mouanga, Théo Sainte-Luce, Daylam Meddah, Nicolas Pays, Hichem Abderrebi, Florian Tardieu, Nordan Mukiele, Laciné Megnan-Pavé
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