On February 19, one of the matches of the 24th round of the French Football Championship took place. Troyes (France) and Montpellier (France) met.
French Championship, round 24
"Trois" (France) — "Montpellier" (France) — 0:1 (0:0)
Goals: Khazri (90)
Warnings: Agume (8), Joris Chotar (57), Xavier Chavalerin (81)
The Ligue 1 match between Estaque Troyes and Montpellier at the Stade de l'Aube ended with the visiting Montpellier winning by one goal. After a tense and even first half, with the score 0-0 in the 45th minute, the game began to open up. At the start of the second half, Leonard Agum from Estac Troyes was shown a yellow card after just 8 minutes. Just 3 minutes later, both teams made substitutions; Estac Trois replaced Eric Palmer-Brown with Joan Porozo, while Luis Leroy from Montpellier was replaced by Jeremy Chautard. In the 57th minute, Montpellier received another yellow card when Chotar was ruled a foul.
Estac Troyes then made another double substitution, replacing Amine Rami and Brian Zucrow in place of Pierre N'Geu Yade and Rony Lopez, respectively. However, the double substitution did not pan out as Pierre N'Geu Yade was red-flagged in the 67th minute. Montpellier then made three substitutions to try and take advantage of the numbers; Aziz Nordin, Kilian Fayyad and Firmin Maouassa replaced Teji Savanye, Abdelkader Wahi and Wahbi Khazri respectively. Estac Troyes also came on as a substitute, replacing C. Chavalerin with Romain Ripart. In the 81st minute, Xavier Chavalerin received a warning instead of Estac Troyes, and after a tense ending to the match, Wahbi Khazri from Montpellier scored a goal in the 90th minute, securing the victory for his team. The match ended with the score 0:1, the guests scored three points.
In the next round, the opponents are waiting for such matches: "Ajaccio" - "Trois", "Montpellier" - "Lens".
| Troyes | Montpellier | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | shots on target | 7 |
| 4 | blows | 19 |
| 1 | Blocked punches | 4 |
| 1 | Kicks from the box | 10 |
| 3 | Kicks from outside the box | 9 |
| eleven | Violations | 9 |
| 2 | corner | 10 |
| 0 | offsides | 0 |
| 50% | Ball possession | 50% |
| 2 | yellow cards | 1 |
| 1 | Red cards | 1 |
| 6 | Goalie saves | 2 |
| 438 | Total transfers | 411 |
| 351 | Accurate gear | 343 |
| 80% | Gear Accuracy | 83% |