Ligue 1 (Week 29) : Nantes beats Montpellier 3-2
FRANCE, Mar. 11, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 29: After losing 4-0 to Monaco on March 5, Nantes returned to winning ways with a 3-2 victory over Montpellier this Saturday.
Nakoulma Prejuce scored dual goals
Montpellier forward Steve Mounié opened the score in the 12th minute, before seeing Nantes catch up in the 24th minute thanks to Nakoulma Prejuce. 1-1 at half time. Nantes eventually won the game in the second period with two more goals by Nakoulma Prejuce ('68) and Sala ('89).
Nantes climbed to 10th place with 37 points from 29 games, only one point behind Rennes.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of March 11, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 84 | 26 | 58 | 68 |
| 2 | Nice | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 23 | 24 | 63 |
| 3 | PSG | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 19 | 37 | 62 |
| 4 | Lyon | 27 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 32 | 23 | 47 |
| 5 | Marseille | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 45 |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 43 |
| 7 | Saint-Etienne | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 40 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | Rennes | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 33 | -5 | 38 |
| 10 | Nantes | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 43 | -16 | 37 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 36 |
| 12 | Angers | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 38 | -10 | 36 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 49 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Lille | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 37 | -8 | 33 |
| 15 | Caen | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 32 |
| 16 | Metz | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 51 | -25 | 31 |
| 17 | Dijon | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 46 | -8 | 28 |
| 18 | Nancy | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 28 |
| 19 | Bastia | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 43 | -19 | 25 |
| 20 | Lorient | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 57 | -29 | 22 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2016-2017
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Overview
Montpellier HSC
- Position: 13
- Best performance of the season:Montpellier 4-0 Bordeaux (17 Dec.)
- Previous game:Montpellier 1-1 Guingamp (4 Mar.)
- Next game:Bordeaux - Montpellier (18 Mar.)
Nantes
- Position: 10 +2
- Best performance of the season:Nantes 3-1 Dijon (24 Feb.)
- Previous game:Monaco 4-0 Nantes (5 Mar.)
- Next game:Nantes - Nice (18 Mar.)
Montpellier
2:3
Nantes
2:3 (1:1)
- 11 March 2017
- 20:00
- Montpellier
