Sochaux 1-3 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 September 2012

Result

Sochaux 1-3 Montpellier

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

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Sochaux 1-3 Montpellier: match report

Sochaux were beaten by Montpellier 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 1 September 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Younès Belhanda opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Sochaux's goal came from S. Privat (63'). Montpellier scored through Younès Belhanda (16', penalty), E. Herrera (58') and Rémy Cabella (78').

Discipline: Sochaux received 2 yellow cards; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sochaux were 20th on 0 points from 3 and Montpellier 18th on 1 point from 3. Sochaux went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Montpellier 9th with 52.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sochaux wins, 1 draw and 5 for Montpellier.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Penalty goal · Younès BelhandaMontpellier · 0-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Yaya BananaSochaux
  • 21'Yellow card · S. RoudetSochaux
  • 32'Yellow card · G. BocalyMontpellier
  • 58'Goal · E. HerreraMontpellier · 0-2
  • 63'Goal · S. PrivatSochaux · 1-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Jamel SaihiMontpellier
  • 75'Yellow card · John UtakaMontpellier
  • 78'Goal · Rémy CabellaMontpellier · 1-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sochaux 0, draws 1, Montpellier 5.

Team news

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

Pierrick Cros, Yaya Banana, Cedric Kante, Jérôme Roussillon, Mathieu Peybernes, Loic Poujol, Thierry Doubai, Ryad Boudebouz, Sébastien Roudet, Cédric Bakambu, Roy Contout

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

Geoffrey Jourdren, Garry Bocaly, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Henri Bedimo, Anthony Mounier, Younès Belhanda, Rémy Cabella, Jamel Saihi, John Utaka, Emanuel Herrera, Vitorino Hilton