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00:00Goals are expected at the stage of Roquichard as the league's two leakiest defences go head-to-head
00:12Saint-Etienne start the night, third from bottom, but hope...
00:16Tegi Savanieh
00:20Now Arnaud Nordan, Nordan getting in behind, big chance for Montpellier
00:25Larsen with the first save of the night
00:28Playing that probing ball
00:33Caught out, Batu Binsika
00:35Larsen getting down to make a sharp stop here against Arnaud Nordan
00:43Well played
00:45There by Boushouari
00:47And now Sissoko looking to raid through the middle
00:50Still Sissoko
00:52Well he held off
00:58A long-range effort, Van der Waal can't get secure
01:08Turned nicely there into space
01:14He's looking for his first goal for Saint-Etienne having joined from...
01:17Another free kick, this one even closer to goal
01:21Tegi Savanieh takes and it is deflected only just wide
01:30This is Mouton, Petro, back to Louis Mouton
01:35But it was good football from Saint-Etienne, the finish lacking though from David Ashford
01:44Oh, Nordan in the clear, this surely will be a goal
01:47This will be a goal, Tegi Savanieh, tackled by Abdelhamid
01:53But it's a foul I think from Abdelhamid and a penalty to Montpellier
01:58Arnaud Nordan got in behind the defence, rolled in a cross goal for Savanieh
02:04It looked all the world as though Tegi Savanieh was going to score
02:08Good play from Nordan beating Batou Bensika
02:17Oh no, it looks like a fair tackle from Abdelhamid
02:23What's the decision?
02:26Really good challenge surely
02:28I don't think that's a penalty
02:30No penalty
02:32Younes Abdelhamid with a perfectly timed challenge
02:37He was criticised a lot when Saint-Etienne team he captained lost in the playoffs to Auxerre to go down
02:43It's half time at least
02:47And this is the half time, Saint-Etienne and Montpellier both sides
02:53With the need of points, they are level, nil-nil in the scoreboard
02:57Nothing to choose then so far between Saint-Etienne and Montpellier
03:02Which of these two teams can strike a killer blow in this second half?
03:10The wall goes up from the Joffre Ducharme
03:13Mouton's cross, a dangerous one headed away by Sagnon
03:19And now the strike into the back of the net
03:22And now the strike into the back of the net
03:26From Benjamin Bouchoiri
03:29It's a dream start to the second half for Saint-Etienne
03:39Sagnon heading away, Mouton's cross
03:42A miscue then from Nzingula
03:46And Bouchoiri
03:48Showing superb technique here to rifle beyond Lecomte
03:59Well there had to be goals in this one didn't there?
04:02And we've got one early in the second half now
04:07Now, Buakke finding David-Ashley
04:09David-Ashley, denied by Lecomte
04:12And all of a sudden Saint-Etienne are flying here
04:15Ducharme for the Georgian to add to his five goals so far this season
04:31Oh is that a penalty it is?
04:34Montpellier have got themselves a penalty here
04:37Pointed to the spot, let's have a look again
04:43No offside against Al-Tanari
04:45He's run at Leopetro, he's beaten Leopetro
04:49The defender claiming he's taken a dive here
04:52Is there contact? Difficult to tell there
05:01I think he's looking for a penalty
05:03If there's contact though the referee won't overrule this
05:07He's already awarded one penalty to Montpellier in the first half
05:19Yes, Florent Bata is going across but have a look at this
05:23So, Moussa Al-Tanari going past Leopetro
05:32Honestly impossible to tell from this angle
05:37Yes, and for the second time tonight
05:40Florent Bata overrules his initial decision to award Montpellier a penalty
05:46A yellow card being shown to Al-Tanari
05:49And I think to Silla as well
05:53Oh no, no doubt
05:56Now lacking a bit of a focal point in attack
05:59The injury to Akkor Adams has come at a bad time for Jean-Louis Gasset
06:07That's it, Batu Bintikka on the arm
06:14On his right foot usually
06:21Savanier's delivery was a good one
06:24Sagnon attacking it and a little bit of panic at the back from Saint-Etienne
06:29Another corner
06:37Now Omoriji teeing up Enzo Chato
06:43Powerful drive that Larsson has saved
06:46Goal kick to Levert
06:56Here's Dylan Batu Bintikka
06:59It's a poor pass, inviting pressure
07:02Driving forward Arnaud Nordup
07:05Going for goal Arnaud Nordup
07:13Savanier
07:15Larsson collects this time
07:27They're a team that are fighting so far out
07:30They're a team that are fighting so far under Jean-Louis Gasset
07:33But this will be a big setback if they don't take anything
07:36This is Cafaro, Cafaro's cross come shot
07:40Larsson
07:42Trying to get this as far forward as he can, the 7 minutes are up
07:46And the referee blows the final whistle
07:52Saint-Etienne have done it
07:54Benjamin Boucher
07:56And what a great victory for Saint-Etienne
07:591-0, they suffered, they had to struggle a lot to find this victory
08:04But they did it, Saint-Etienne have just won against Montpellier
08:08Thank you for joining us and see you next time on Beansports
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