Valenciennes 1-1 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 November 2009
Result
Valenciennes 1-1 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 November 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Valenciennes 1-1 Montpellier: match report
Valenciennes drew with Montpellier 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 7 November 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Victor Montano opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Valenciennes's goal came from Carlos Sánchez (52'). Montpellier scored through Victor Montano (3').
Discipline: Valenciennes received 1 yellow card; Montpellier received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 6th on 19 points from 11 and Montpellier 4th on 20 points from 11. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Montpellier 5th with 67.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Montpellier in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Montpellier's L-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Victor Montano
- 41'Yellow card · M. Biševac
- 52'Goal · Carlos Sánchez
- 67'Yellow card · Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
- 85'Yellow card · Emir Spahić
- 86'Yellow card · Souleymane Camara
- 88'Second yellow · Emir Spahić
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-3-2-1)
Guy N'Dy Assembé, Dianbobo Balde, Milan Biševac, Siaka Tiéné, Rudy Mater, Fahid Ben Khalfallah, Remi Gomis, Carlos Sánchez, Renaud Cohade, Gaël Danic, Gregory Pujol
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Joris Marveaux, Karim Aït-Fana, Younès Belhanda, Victor Hugo Montano, Souleymane Camara, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp