Montpellier back to winning ways with precious three points at Lorient

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Montpellier back to winning ways with precious three points at Lorient
Savanier opened the scoring for Montpellier from a free-kick
Savanier opened the scoring for Montpellier from a free-kick
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A 2-0 win over Lorient steered Montpellier clear of the Ligue 1 relegation zone, as new boss Romain Pitau ended the year in perfect fashion by securing his first win in charge.

Lorient have notoriously found it difficult against Montpellier in Ligue 1 having not won any of the last 11 contests, so Teji Savanier curling home a sumptuous free-kick inside the opening five minutes was a nightmare start for the hosts.

Things soon went from bad to worse for Lorient in rather strange circumstances. Elye Wahi’s initial strike from the edge of the area looped into the air off Julien Laporte, and Wahi followed up and headed home unopposed as the ball dropped out of the sky amidst confusion in the Lorient backline.

Two goals behind at the break, Lorient had left themselves with a mountain to climb, and with little by way of chances created in the first half, it was hard to see where the goals were going to come from.

Whatever manager Regis Le Bris said at HT clearly worked, and the hosts came tantalisingly close to halving the deficit minutes into the second half. Enzo Le Fee’s initial strike was palmed away by Jonas Omlin but only as far as Terem Moffi, whose header crashed back off the crossbar.

Having scored just two goals after the hour mark at home in Ligue 1 this season, Lorient’s prospects of snatching anything from this game were fading by the minute.

In fact, it was Montpellier who came closer to finding another goal, but Stephy Mavididi’s effort flashed just wide of the post. That miss was immaterial from a Montpellier perspective, as the visitors held on to end their seven-match winless run.

Lorient’s winless run on the other hand rolls on to six games, with their positive early season form becoming a distant memory.

Flashscore Man of the Match: Teji Savanier (Montpellier)

See the full match stats here.

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