Montpellier – Grenoble Foot 38 match report
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Montpellier beat Grenoble Foot 38 2-0 without conceding at Stade de la Mosson. It was 1-0 at half-time. Simon Ngapandouentnbu was our player of the match, rated 8.8 by the ScoreMondo model for Montpellier. The match was played on Friday, 9 October 2026 at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier (matchday 8).
The story of the match
Montpellier took the lead in the 33rd minute through Nicolas Pays. Montpellier led 1-0 at the break.
Montpellier extended their lead to 2-0 on 90 minutes thanks to Mamadou Camara.
The statistics
Montpellier had 11 shots (7 on target) to Grenoble Foot 38's 10 (5). Corners finished 7-7. Cards: 3-4 in yellows. Montpellier committed 13 fouls to Grenoble Foot 38's 19, and the offside count read 2-1.
Montpellier's yellow cards went to Julien Laporte in the 43rd minute, Nordan Mukiele in the 65th minute and Nelson Sissoko in the 72nd minute. Booked for Grenoble Foot 38: Yohann Magnin (4'), Farouq Limouri (85'), Baptiste Mouazan (87') and Mael Corboz (87').
Who stood out
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to Nicolas Pays (Montpellier, 8.5), Théo Sainte-Luce (Montpellier, 8.2) and Julien Laporte (Montpellier, 8.0). From the Montpellier bench came Yael Mouanga on 69 minutes, Daryll Benlahlou on 69 minutes, Hichem Abderrebi on 79 minutes and Naoufel El Hannach on 80 minutes, among 5 changes. Grenoble Foot 38 made 5 changes: Farouq Limouri for Clément Vidal (56'), Lucas Bernadou for Yvann Maçon (71'), Jean-Guy Akpa Akpro for Yohann Magnin (71') and Moussa Djitté for Samba Diba (83').
Before the match
Montpellier came into the match with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from their last 5 matches — scoring in 4 straight games. Their most recent game was a 1-0 win over Olympique de Marseille for Montpellier. Before kick-off, Grenoble Foot 38's last 5 matches had brought 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Grenoble Foot 38 drew 0-0 with FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy last time out. The record between them over the last 8 matches reads 5-1-2 from Montpellier's point of view. The last meeting, in 2026, ended in a 2-1 win for Montpellier. Those 8 games produced 18 goals, an average of 2.3 per match. Pierre Retail was the referee, averaging 4.0 yellow cards per match across 5 matches in our records.
What it means
Montpellier are now unbeaten in 4 matches. Grenoble Foot 38's 3-match unbeaten run is over.
What’s next
Next up for Grenoble Foot 38: away at Chambery SF on Thursday 12 November.
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