PRESS KIT Montpellier Hérault SC - AS Saint-Etienne

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1 PRESS KIT Week 18 Date & Time Friday, December 13, :30 Stadium Stade de la Mosson et du Mondial 98 12/12/ Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com

2 PREVIEW : MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - AS SAINT-ETIENNE Feature Preview Rolland Courbis is banking on his lucky number 13 as he begins his second spell in charge of Montpellier at home to Saint-Etienne on Friday evening. Courbis is back at the club he led to promotion back into the top flight in 2009 having signed a two-and-a-half year deal to succeed Jean Fernandez. Courbis said: "We're playing on Friday 13 at the end of the year 2013 against Saint-Etienne who play in green on a green pitch. 13 is a number which has always brought me luck and I see no reason why that would change. I never do anything like everybody else. When I first came to Montpellier I started work on May 1 [Labour Day], my child was born on April 1, and I like fishing. This time I'm starting on Friday 13." So with Courbis not a sufferer of the morbid, irrational fear of Friday 13 known as friggatriskaidekaphobia, will the successful radio pundit be able to keep the 2012 champions in Ligue 1? One guarantee is that press conferences at the club will be colourful affairs with Courbis again linking up with president and owner Louis Nicollin who says: "Rolland is just the lad we need". On the pitch matters are less clear. Montpellier are 17th in the table, only five points above the drop zone and are winless in their last eight Ligue 1 fixtures since demolishing Olympique Lyonnais 5-1 at the Stade de la Mosson in Week 9. Courbis admitted: "I have no miracle formula. When there's a difficult situation I always do simple things and say simple things. I want to put in place a balanced side that will be solid and capable of causing our opponents problems." One thing Courbis will have to address is Montpellier's horrendous disciplinary record. When Daniel Congré received his marching orders in the 1-1 draw at Toulouse last weekend under the temporary command of Pascal Baills he became the 10th Montpellier player to see red this season, meaning MHSC have already matched Rennes' record from last season when the Breton club were Ligue 1's bad boys. Courbis said: "Having a man dismissed throws your game plan up in the air, it messes up your match and with the suspensions it can mess up your season. Some have said that the match against Saint-Etienne is so important that only the result counts. My objective is to win but I'll never say it's only the result that counts. If we lose 2-1 but have eight chances to their two then that will be more positive for me than if we win with a 93rd-minute own goal." Saint-Etienne's scheduled home game against Evian in Week 17 had to be postponed because of an unplayable pitch so Les Verts have a game in hand on all seven clubs above them in the table. Christophe Galtier's side lost 3-1 at Rennes in Week 16 in their last Ligue 1 outing after back-to-back wins over Nice and Reims but a win at Montpellier in the opening game of the weekend would lift Saint-Etienne to fifth or sixth depending on the margin of the victory. Galtier said: "We'll be in the right third of the table with a win. I'm focused on the balance of the side and the determination we need to show in order to win games, especially away games like this one at Montpellier. Every time there's a change in coach there's a reaction and people take stock of the situation. We know their players will be more motivated than ever." 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 2

3 - HISTORY: MHSC have hosted ASSE 15 times in France's top division. MHSC have won eight, ASSE four and there have been three draws. - Since MHSC were promoted back into the top division they have won twice to ASSE's once and there has been a single draw. - The draw occurred in Week 6 last season. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (45+2') gave ASSE the lead but Souleymane Camara (70') equalised. - In Week 24 last season ASSE were 4-1 winners in the return fixture. Brandao, Aubameyang, Yohan Mollo and Mathieu Bodmer were on the scoresheet for ASSE and Rémy Cabella got the Montpellier goal in the Saint-Etienne snow. - MONTPELLIER: - GENERAL: The ASSE game is MHSC's 800th in L1. Their first was a 0-0 home draw with Auxerre in July Their record reads W269, D237, L Montpellier are 17th in the table entering Week 18 with 16 points from 17 games (2W, 10D, 5L). - The last time they had just two wins at this stage of the season was in when they were bottom of the table with 13 points (2W, 7D, 8L).They finished 17th in a 20-team league. - MHSC are the draw specialists in Ligue 1 (10) with three more than the next club on the list (Reims, 7) - MHSC have won only four of their last 28 in L1. - MHSC are winless in eight L1 encounters and nine games in all competitions. - In Week 17 MHSC drew 1-1 at Toulouse under the temporary command of Pascal Baills following Jean Fernandez's dismissal. Souylemane Camara (19') scored the opener for MHSC who had Daniel Congré sent off in the 50th minute when he conceded a penalty for a foul on Serge Aurier. Geoffrey Jourdren saved Eden Ben Basat's spot-kick and MHSC looked on for the three points when home captain Jonathan Zebina was given his marching orders (70'). Two minutes later Abel Aguilar (72') equalised. - MHSC team v Toulouse: Jourdren; Deplagne, Mézague, Stambouli, Congré, Tiéné; Sanson (Martin 79'), Marveaux; Cabella; Camara (Montano 73'), Mounier (Dabo 54') - MHSC are joint-12th in the attack table with 18 goals scored. - Rémy Cabella is MHSC's top scorer with six. Victor-Hugo Montano has four. - Cabella also has three assists. - MHSC have failed to score in six games this season. - MHSC are joint-11th in the defence table with 23 goals conceded. - MHSC have kept clean sheets in two games this season (0-0 draws at home to Reims and Rennes). - Montpellier are bottom of the Fair Play table and have had 10 players sent off this season. They've already equalled Rennes' 10 red cards which was a Ligue 1 high last season. - No MHSC player has featured in all 17 L1 games this season. - HOME FORM: MHSC are 17th in the home form table with 11 points from nine games (2W, 5D, 2L). - They have scored ten and conceded eight goals at home. - MHSC have failed to win any of their last four home games (2D, 2L). - They have lost only five of the last 43 league home games (W26, D12). - Their last home win (and last win in any L1 game) was 5-1 v OL in Week 9. - Cabella has scored four of his six L1 goals in home matches. - COUPE DE LA LIGUE: MHSC were drawn at fellow Ligue 1 club Sochaux in the Round of 32 with the tie played on October 29. MHSC lost 3-2 after extra-time and had Jonas Martin sent off in the 103rd minute. - COUPE DE FRANCE: Montpellier have been drawn at Rodez (CFA, D4) in the round of 64 on January 4. 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 3

4 - TEAM NEWS - SUSPENSIONS: Daniel Congré and Mathieu Deplagne are suspended. - INJURIES: Garry Bocaly (hip), Karim Ait-Fana (knee), Djamel Bakar (knee) and Yassine Jebbour (thigh) are out. Jamel Saihi could return from a knee issue. - AS SAINT-ETIENNE (ahead of Week 13) - GENERAL: Saint-Etienne came into Week 18 in eighth place in Ligue 1 with 24 points from 16 games. Sainté have a game in hand over all the clubs above them in the table after their scheduled Week 17 home game with Evian was postponed because of an unplayable surface. - Sainté have won seven, drawn three and lost six of their games to date. They won four of their first five games, something they had not managed since , a campaign in which they finished third. Les Verts won their opening two matches of the campaign, just as they did in They had not won their opening two games without conceding a goal since Christophe Galtier's side have not been lower than ninth this season and were as high as second after beating Valenciennes in Week 5. - The last time they played was in Week 16 in a 3-1 loss at Rennes. Silvio Romero (33' and 68') and Romain Alessandrini (55') scored for Rennes. Mevlut Erding (90+3') netted a late consolation against his former club. -The Saint-Etienne line-up against Sochaux: Ruffier; Clerc, Sall, Perrin (c), Ghoulam; Diomandé, Clément (Lemoine 58'); Cohade; Hamouma (Brandao 64'), Erding, Mollo (Tabanou 64') -Saint-Etienne have scored 24 league goals so far this season. Only Monaco (28) and PSG (39) had scored more coming into the weekend. - Romain Hamouma is their top scorer with six goals, while Benjamin Corgnet has scored four. Mevlut Erding has scored three in his last three games and has four L1 goals for the season having scored for Rennes in their Week win at home to Reims. - Hamouma has provided four assists in Ligue 1. Only three players have laid on more. - Last season, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (19) and Brandão (11) provided exactly half of the team's total tally of 60 goals. - They have thrice scored three goals or more in a L1 fixture this season and they have failed to score at all in just two Ligue 1 matches. -Les Verts have conceded 20 goals putting them 10th in the defence table. They have kept four clean sheets, in their opening two matches and back-to-back in Week 14 and 15. -They conceded just 32 goals in total last season, with only PSG (23) letting in fewer. They kept 17 clean sheets, while their 3-1 defeat at Lorient in Week 36 was the only game in which they conceded more than twice. -Stéphane Ruffier and François Clerc are the only Saint-Etienne players to have started all 16 Ligue 1 games to date. - AWAY FORM: ASSE sit eighth in the away form table with 3W, 1D and 4 L from eight games for a total of 10 points. - They have scored eight and conceded nine on their travels. - They have won all three away games in which they've scored first and lost all four in which they've conceded the opener. - They have failed to score in two away games. - COUPE DE LA LIGUE: As one of France's European representatives, holders Saint-Etienne earned a bye directly through to the last 16, scheduled for December 18. ASSE have been drawn at PSG, the club they beat 5-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in the quarter-finals of last season's competition. - COUPE DE FRANCE: ASSE have been drawn at Cannes (CFA, D4) in the round of 64 on January 4. -EUROPA LEAGUE: Saint-Etienne failed to qualify for the group stage after a 5-3 aggregate defeat to Esbjerg fb of Denmark in the play-off round. -Saint-Etienne had previously beaten FC Milsami Orhei of Moldova 6-0 on aggregate in the third qualifying round. 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 4

5 -TEAM NEWS: SUSPENSIONS: Kurt Zouma was suspended for ten matches for his challenge on Thomas Guerbert of Sochaux and won't be available again until late January. -INJURIES: Paul Baysse is out long-term with a knee injury. Diomandé hurt his knee in training on Tuesday and will be out for around 10 weeks. ASSE have midfield problems as Ibrahim Sissoko and Jérémy Clément (thigh) are also hurt. 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 5

6 Montpellier Hérault SC - The first trace of the club dates back to 1919, when Stade Olympique Montpelliérain were formed, but the club in its current guise dates to 1974, when current president Louis Nicollin took over. They adopted their current name, Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, in After winning the title for the first time in their history in 2012, Montpellier finished ninth last season. This will be their 22nd top-flight campaign. - As well as that solitary title triumph, the club have won the French Cup once, in The previous incarnation of the club also won the Cup in Current PSG coach Laurent Blanc is the club's all-time leading scorer with 48 L1 strikes. - In , with a team featuring Carlos Valderrama, Blanc and Eric Cantona, the club qualified for the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost 3-1 on aggregate to eventual winners Manchester United. - Montpellier play at the 32,900-seat Stade de la Mosson on the outskirts of the city, which was upgraded to its current capacity in time to host matches at the 1998 World Cup. - In the summer Jean Fernandez replaced coach René Girard, who departed after four years at the helm. A former OM and Bordeaux player, Fernandez has vast experience as a coach, including two spells at OM and five years at Auxerre, whom he led into the Champions League in Fernandez had left Nancy after 18 months in charge in January France's young player of the year in 2012 and Montpellier's joint-top-scorer last season with 10 league goals, Younès Belhanda was sold to Dynamo Kiev in the close-season. AS Saint-Etienne - Founded in 1919, Saint-Etienne are Ligue 1's most successful club, with ten top-flight titles (1957, '64, '67, '68, '69, '70, '74, '75, '76 and '81), six Coupes de France (1962, '68, '70, '74, '75 and '77) and one Coupe de la Ligue (2013) as well as five Trophées des Champions (1957, '62, '67, '68 and '69). - Les Verts' (The Greens) home stadium is the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, also known as 'Le Chaudron' (The Cauldron). Renovations currently under way in preparation for hosting matches in Euro 2016 will see capacity rise from 35,616 to 41, Coach Christophe Galtier took over on 15 December 2009, when Alain Perrin was sacked after the 3-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in Week 17. Galtier was previously assistant coach to Alain Perrin at Al-Ayn (UAE, 2004), Portsmouth (ENG, 2005), FC Sochaux ( ), Olympique Lyonnais ( ), AS Saint-Etienne (2008-December 2009). - ASSE finished fifth in Ligue 1 last season, clinching a place in the Europa League/UEFA Cup for just the second time since Saint-Etienne won their first Coupe de la Ligue title in April 2013, 1-0 over Rennes (Brandao, 18'); they exited the Coupe de France 2-1 at home to Lorient in the quarters. - Gabon international Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang top-scored last season with 19 Ligue 1 goals (37 appearances). He also claimed the most assists (eight). - Notable former Saint-Etienne players include French internationals Michel Platini, Aimé Jacquet, Jacques Santini and Laurent Blanc, all of who have gone on to coach Les Bleus. - Les Verts are one of four French clubs to have reached a European Cup final, having lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich in Glasgow in /12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 6

7 KEY STATISTICS : MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - AS SAINT-ETIENNE Montpellier Hérault SC AS Saint-Etienne HOME STATISTICS AWAY STATISTICS Form Guide L-D-D-L L-D-W-L Standings 17th 8th Points tally / Total possible 11 / / 24 Points per game Win(s) 2 3 Draw(s) 5 1 Loss(es) 2 4 GF 10 8 GA 8 9 Goals per game Yellow card(s) Red card(s) 3 1 FIRST GOAL SCORED When... Montpellier Hérault SC score first AS Saint-Etienne score first Win(s) 1 3 Draw(s) 2 0 Loss(es) 0 0 When... Montpellier Hérault SC concede first AS Saint-Etienne concede first Win(s) 1 0 Draw(s) 1 0 Loss(es) /12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 7

8 OFFICIALS : MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - AS SAINT-ETIENNE Referee Referee's assitants Fourth official Delegate Delegate's assistants Bartolomeu VARELA David BENECH - Matthieu LOMBARD Didier FALCONE Pierre DELORME Franco DORI Bartolomeu VARELA Nationality French Date of birth 07/06/1973 Age 40 Height Weight Ligue Rank 1,86 m 82 kg Bretagne Federal 1 Referee Season 2013/2014 Number of games officiated YC RC Ligue Ligue Coupe de la Ligue Season 2012/2013 Number of games officiated YC RC Ligue Ligue Coupe de la Ligue /12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 8

9 PLAYERS USED - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - LIGUE 1 No Name Nat DOB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien 1 Laurent PIONNIER FRA 05/24/ Geoffrey JOURDREN FRA 02/04/ Jonathan LIGALI FRA 05/28/ Défenseur 2 Garry BOCALY FRA 04/19/ Daniel CONGRE FRA 04/05/ Vitorino HILTON BRE 09/13/ Siaka TIENE IVO 02/22/ Vincent DI STEFANO FRA 03/04/ Teddy MEZAGUE FRA 05/27/ Abdelhamid EL KAOUTARI FRA 03/17/ Mathieu DEPLAGNE FRA 10/01/ Yassine JEBBOUR FRA 08/24/ Milieu 6 Joris MARVEAUX FRA 08/15/ Jonas MARTIN FRA 04/09/ Rémy CABELLA FRA 03/08/ Bryan DABO FRA 02/18/ Jonathan TINHAN FRA 06/01/ Morgan SANSON FRA 08/18/ Benjamin STAMBOULI FRA 08/13/ Jamel SAIHI FRA 01/27/ Jeffrey ASSOUMIN FRA 02/05/ Attaquant 7 Anthony MOUNIER FRA 09/27/ Emanuel HERRERA ARG 04/13/ Karim AIT FANA FRA 02/25/ Souleymane CAMARA SEN 12/22/ Jean DEZA per 06/09/ Djamel BAKAR FRA 04/06/ Victor Hugo MONTAÑO FRA 05/01/ For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for Montpellier Hérault SC 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 9

10 PLAYERS USED - AS SAINT-ETIENNE - LIGUE 1 No Name Nat DOB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien 1 Baptiste VALETTE FRA 01/09/ Stéphane RUFFIER FRA 27/09/ Jessy MOULIN FRA 13/01/ Défenseur 3 Pierre-Yves POLOMAT FRA 27/12/ Kurt ZOUMA FRA 27/10/ Florentin POGBA FRA 19/08/ Jean-Pascal MIGNOT FRA 26/02/ Faouzi GHOULAM FRA 01/02/ Jonathan BRISON FRA 07/02/ Paul BAYSSE FRA 18/05/ Loïc PERRIN FRA 07/08/ Moustapha SALL SEN 30/11/ François CLERC FRA 18/04/ Milieu 6 Jérémy CLEMENT FRA 26/08/ Benjamin CORGNET FRA 06/04/ Renaud COHADE FRA 29/09/ Fabien LEMOINE FRA 16/03/ Josuha GUILAVOGUI FRA 19/09/ Romain HAMOUMA FRA 29/03/ Banel NICOLITA ROU 07/01/ Franck TABANOU FRA 30/01/ Ismaël DIOMANDE IVO 28/08/ Attaquant 2 Ibrahim SISSOKO IVO 29/11/ Max-Alain GRADEL FRA 30/11/ BRANDAO BRE 16/06/ Idriss SAADI FRA 08/02/ Yohan MOLLO FRA 18/07/ Mevlut ERDING FRA 25/02/ Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN FRA 12/03/ For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for AS Saint-Etienne 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 10

11 RESULTS/FIXTURES - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Week 1 08/09/2013 Montpellier Hérault SC - Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 D 12th Week 2 08/18/2013 AS Monaco FC - Montpellier Hérault SC 4-1 L 18th Week 3 08/24/2013 Montpellier Hérault SC - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2-1 W 10th Week 4 09/01/2013 OGC Nice - Montpellier Hérault SC 2-2 D 11th Week 5 09/14/2013 Montpellier Hérault SC - Stade de Reims 0-0 D 13th Week 6 09/21/2013 Evian TG FC - Montpellier Hérault SC 2-2 D 13th Week 7 09/26/2013 Montpellier Hérault SC - Stade Rennais FC 0-0 D 13th Week 8 09/29/2013 AC Ajaccio - Montpellier Hérault SC 1-1 D 11th Week 9 10/06/2013 Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique Lyonnais 5-1 W 8th Week 10 10/19/2013 Montpellier Hérault SC - LOSC Lille 0-1 L 12th Week 11 10/27/2013 Girondins de Bordeaux - Montpellier Hérault SC 2-0 L 15th Week 12 11/03/2013 Montpellier Hérault SC - FC Nantes 1-1 D 16th Week 13 11/09/2013 Valenciennes FC - Montpellier Hérault SC 1-1 D 16th Week 14 11/23/2013 Montpellier Hérault SC - EA Guingamp 1-1 D 16th Week 15 11/29/2013 Olympique de Marseille - Montpellier Hérault SC 2-0 L 17th Week 16 12/04/2013 Montpellier Hérault SC - FC Lorient 0-2 L 17th Week 17 12/08/2013 Toulouse FC - Montpellier Hérault SC 1-1 D 17th Week 18 12/13/ Week 19 12/21/2013 SC Bastia - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 20 01/11/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - AS Monaco FC Week 21 01/18/2014 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 22 01/25/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - OGC Nice Week 23 02/01/2014 Stade de Reims - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 24 02/08/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - Evian TG FC Week 25 02/15/2014 Stade Rennais FC - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 26 02/22/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - AC Ajaccio Week 27 03/01/2014 Olympique Lyonnais - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 28 03/08/2014 LOSC Lille - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 29 03/15/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - Girondins de Bordeaux Week 30 03/22/2014 FC Nantes - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 31 03/29/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - Valenciennes FC Week 32 04/05/2014 EA Guingamp - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 33 04/12/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique de Marseille Week 34 04/20/2014 FC Lorient - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 35 04/26/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - Toulouse FC Week 36 05/04/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 37 05/10/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - SC Bastia Week 38 05/17/2014 Paris Saint-Germain - Montpellier Hérault SC /12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 11

12 RESULTS/FIXTURES - AS SAINT-ETIENNE Week 1 11/08/2013 AC Ajaccio - AS Saint-Etienne 0-1 W 7th Week 2 17/08/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - EA Guingamp 1-0 W 4th Week 3 25/08/2013 LOSC Lille - AS Saint-Etienne 1-0 L 7th Week 4 01/09/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - Girondins de Bordeaux 2-1 W 3rd Week 5 14/09/2013 Valenciennes FC - AS Saint-Etienne 1-3 W 2nd Week 6 20/09/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - Toulouse FC 1-2 L 3rd Week 7 24/09/2013 Olympique de Marseille - AS Saint-Etienne 2-1 L 6th Week 8 28/09/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - SC Bastia 2-2 D 7th Week 9 05/10/2013 AS Monaco FC - AS Saint-Etienne 2-1 L 7th Week 10 20/10/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - FC Lorient 3-2 W 7th Week 11 27/10/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 D 7th Week 12 02/11/2013 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - AS Saint-Etienne 0-0 D 7th Week 13 10/11/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 L 9th Week 14 24/11/2013 OGC Nice - AS Saint-Etienne 0-1 W 6th Week 15 30/11/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - Stade de Reims 4-0 W 5th Week 16 04/12/2013 Stade Rennais FC - AS Saint-Etienne 3-1 L 6th Week 17 07/12/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - Evian TG FC - - 8th Week 18 13/12/ Week 19 21/12/2013 AS Saint-Etienne - FC Nantes Week 20 11/01/2014 EA Guingamp - AS Saint-Etienne Week 21 18/01/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - LOSC Lille Week 22 25/01/2014 Girondins de Bordeaux - AS Saint-Etienne Week 23 01/02/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - Valenciennes FC Week 24 08/02/2014 Toulouse FC - AS Saint-Etienne Week 25 15/02/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - Olympique de Marseille Week 26 22/02/2014 SC Bastia - AS Saint-Etienne Week 27 01/03/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - AS Monaco FC Week 28 08/03/2014 FC Lorient - AS Saint-Etienne Week 29 15/03/2014 Paris Saint-Germain - AS Saint-Etienne Week 30 22/03/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Week 31 29/03/2014 Olympique Lyonnais - AS Saint-Etienne Week 32 05/04/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - OGC Nice Week 33 12/04/2014 Stade de Reims - AS Saint-Etienne Week 34 20/04/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - Stade Rennais FC Week 35 26/04/2014 Evian TG FC - AS Saint-Etienne Week 36 04/05/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - Montpellier Hérault SC Week 37 10/05/2014 FC Nantes - AS Saint-Etienne Week 38 17/05/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - AC Ajaccio /12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 12

13 TOP SCORERS : MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins 1 Rémy CABELLA Victor Hugo MONTAÑO Siaka TIENE Souleymane CAMARA Djamel BAKAR Anthony MOUNIER Benjamin STAMBOULI Vitorino HILTON GOALS SCORED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 3 Stoppage Time 1 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 1 Stoppage Time 2 GOALS CONCEDED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 5 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 4 Stoppage Time 2 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 13

14 TOP SCORERS : AS SAINT-ETIENNE Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins 1 Romain HAMOUMA Benjamin CORGNET Mevlut ERDING Loïc PERRIN BRANDAO François CLERC Max-Alain GRADEL Ismaël DIOMANDE Franck TABANOU Moustapha SALL Fabien LEMOINE Faouzi GHOULAM GOALS SCORED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 2 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 3 Stoppage Time 1 GOALS CONCEDED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 3 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 5 Stoppage Time 3 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 14

15 HEAD TO HEAD - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC / AS SAINT-ETIENNE Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 / Coupe de la Ligue 2012/2013 Ligue 1 09/21/2012 Week /2012 Ligue 1 03/24/2012 Week /2011 Ligue 1 02/05/2011 Week /2010 Ligue 1 10/17/2009 Week /2000 Ligue 1 10/13/1999 Week /1996 Ligue 1 03/02/1996 Week /1995 Ligue 1 12/17/1994 Week /1994 Ligue 1 10/02/1993 Week /1993 Ligue 1 05/08/1993 Week /1992 Ligue 1 04/04/1992 Week /1991 Ligue 1 01/20/1991 Week /1990 Ligue 1 10/28/1989 Week /1989 Ligue 1 11/12/1988 Week /1988 Ligue 1 04/09/1988 Week /1986 Ligue 2 02/22/1986 Week /1985 Ligue 2 05/04/1985 Week /1982 Ligue 1 04/02/1982 Week L1 L2 CDL TOTAL Number of meetings Total wins MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Total wins AS SAINT-ETIENNE Total draws /12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 15

16 SCHEDULE - LIGUE 1 - WEEK 18 Friday, December 13, :30 Saturday, December 14, :00 Saturday, December 14, :00 Saturday, December 14, :00 Saturday, December 14, :00 Saturday, December 14, :00 Saturday, December 14, :00 Sunday, December 15, :00 Sunday, December 15, :00 Sunday, December 15, :00 Stade Rennais FC - Paris Saint-Germain AC Ajaccio - FC Lorient Evian TG FC - Stade de Reims EA Guingamp - AS Monaco FC FC Nantes - Toulouse FC OGC Nice - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Girondins de Bordeaux - Valenciennes FC LOSC Lille - SC Bastia Olympique Lyonnais - Olympique de Marseille UPCOMING MATCHES - LIGUE 1 - WEEK 19 Friday, December 20, :30 Saturday, December 21, :00 Saturday, December 21, :00 Saturday, December 21, :00 Saturday, December 21, :00 Saturday, December 21, :00 Saturday, December 21, :00 Sunday, December 22, :00 Sunday, December 22, :00 Sunday, December 22, :00 AS Monaco FC - Valenciennes FC AS Saint-Etienne - FC Nantes SC Bastia - Montpellier Hérault SC OGC Nice - Evian TG FC Stade de Reims - AC Ajaccio FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - Stade Rennais FC Toulouse FC - EA Guingamp Olympique de Marseille - Girondins de Bordeaux FC Lorient - Olympique Lyonnais Paris Saint-Germain - LOSC Lille 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 16

17 STANDINGS - LIGUE 1 - AT THE END OF WEEK 17 Rk Club Pts P W D L GF GA +/- 1 Paris Saint-Germain AS Monaco FC LOSC Lille FC Nantes Olympique de Marseille Girondins de Bordeaux Stade de Reims AS Saint-Etienne EA Guingamp Olympique Lyonnais FC Lorient SC Bastia Stade Rennais FC Toulouse FC Evian TG FC OGC Nice Montpellier Hérault SC Valenciennes FC AC Ajaccio FC Sochaux-Montbéliard /12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 17

18 OFFICIAL GOAL SCORERS - LIGUE 1 - AT THE END OF WEEK 17 Rk Name Club Gls Pen A Pld Mins PTS 1 Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC Paris Saint-Germain Edinson CAVANI Paris Saint-Germain Vincent ABOUBAKAR FC Lorient Radamel FALCAO AS Monaco FC Alexandre LACAZETTE Olympique Lyonnais Filip DJORDJEVIC FC Nantes Emmanuel RIVIERE AS Monaco FC Cheick DIABATE Girondins de Bordeaux Nelson OLIVEIRA Stade Rennais FC Dario CVITANICH OGC Nice Romain HAMOUMA AS Saint-Etienne Kévin BERIGAUD Evian TG FC Nolan ROUX LOSC Lille André-Pierre GIGNAC Olympique de Marseille Rémy CABELLA Montpellier Hérault SC Prince ONIANGUE Stade de Reims Bafetimbi GOMIS Olympique Lyonnais Foued KADIR Stade Rennais FC Martin BRAITHWAITE Toulouse FC Mustapha YATABARE EA Guingamp /12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 18

19 OFFICIAL ASSISTS - LIGUE 1 - AT THE END OF WEEK 17 Rk Name Club ASS ASP PLD MIN 1 Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC Paris Saint-Germain James RODRIGUEZ AS Monaco FC Yann JOUFFRE FC Lorient Serge AURIER Toulouse FC Romain HAMOUMA AS Saint-Etienne Clément GRENIER Olympique Lyonnais Johan CAVALLI AC Ajaccio LUCAS Paris Saint-Germain Grégory SERTIC Girondins de Bordeaux Marco VERRATTI Paris Saint-Germain João MOUTINHO AS Monaco FC Reynald LEMAITRE EA Guingamp Daniel WASS Evian TG FC Henri BEDIMO Olympique Lyonnais Yoann GOURCUFF Olympique Lyonnais Julian PALMIERI SC Bastia Cédric BARBOSA Evian TG FC Florent BALMONT LOSC Lille Christian BRÜLS OGC Nice Rémy CABELLA Montpellier Hérault SC ASS = Assists ASP = Assists from set piece PLD = Number of matches in which the player delivered one or more assists MIN = Number of minutes played in matches in which the player delivered one or more assists 12/12/2013 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 19

20 Press Kit Legend No Shirt Number Nat Nationality Pld Number of games played St Number of games started Sub Number of substitute appearances Gls Number of goals scored YC Number of Yellow Cards RC Number of red cards MIN Number of minutes played For any questions concerning the PRESS KIT, please contact the Director of Communications at the LFP. The Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Coupe de la Ligue Press Kits are available in the week leading up to matches in the Media Centre of ligue1.com ( )