French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, December 10, 2011
Montpellier WDWWW 0
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Valenciennes DDWLL 1
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VAFC011
Stade du Hainaut · 3,000 att.

Match Report

Taylor makes it 4-0 in rain-affected match

An economical spell from fast bowler Jhulan Goswami nearly choked the hosts, but Claire Taylor showed her experience to lead her side home with five balls to spare

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
3
58.7
Possession
41.3
10
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
395
Accurate Passes
233
479
Passes
323
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
6
25
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
43
42
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
20
13
Tackles
29
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
33
27
Clearances
41

Head to Head

MON leads series 1-0-3

Lineups

VAFC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Nicolas PenneteauG
  2. 4GilCD-L
  3. 20Benjamin AngouaCD-R
  4. 24Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 25Rudy MaterRB
  6. 23José SaezLM
  7. 12Rémi GomisRM
  8. 9Vincent AboubakarF
  9. 14Foued KadirRCF
  10. 8Gaël DanicAM-L
  11. 2David DucourtiouxAM-R

MON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Geoffrey JourdrenG
  2. 4HiltonCD-L
  3. 3Mapou Yanga-MbiwaCD-R
  4. 5Henri BedimoLB
  5. 2Garry BocalyRB
  6. 23Jamel SaihiLM
  7. 6Joris MarveauxRM
  8. 17Olivier GiroudF
  9. 10Younès BelhandaRCF
  10. 7John UtakaAM-L
  11. 12Geoffrey DernisAM-R

Timeline

  1. 37' Olivier Giroud (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  2. 46' Attempt saved. David Ducourtioux (Valenciennes) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gaël Danic.
  3. 51' Younès Belhanda (Montpellier) Yellow Card at 51'
  4. 54' Substitution, Montpellier. Marco Estrada replaces Younés Belhanda.
  5. 62' Jonathan Tinhan (Montpellier) Substitution at 62'
  6. 63' Foued Kadir (Valenciennes) Yellow Card at 63'
  7. 76' Nam Tae-Hee (Valenciennes) Substitution at 76'
  8. 80' Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 84' Mamadou Samassa (Valenciennes) Substitution at 84'
  10. 87' Marco Estrada (Montpellier) Yellow Card at 87'
  11. 90' Guillaume Loriot (Valenciennes) Substitution at 90'

Ligue 1 News

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