VALENCIENNES. Valenciennes and Rodez didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the Stade du Hainaut stadium in Valenciennes on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdelatif Kherradji with the collaboration of Gilles Lang and Nicolas Rodrigues. The 4th official was Valentin Giorgetti. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Valenciennes was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Rodez that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Valenciennes was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Valenciennes to win the match​.

Valenciennes shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rodez shot 7 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Valenciennes didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Rodez received 2 yellow cards (Joris Chougrani and Rémy Boissier).

Standings

After this encounter, Valenciennes will have 30 points to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Rodez will have 22 points like Dijon to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Valenciennes will play away with Caen on the 18th of March with a 9-4 head to head statistic in favor of Valenciennes (5 draws).

Rodez will play away agasint Amiens SC on the 18th of March with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Amiens SC (1 draw).

Valenciennes – Formation

Valenciennes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nicolas Rabuel decided to play with the following team: Stefan Bajić (7.0), Allan Linguet (6.6), Mathieu Debuchy (7.0), Jonathan Buatu-Mananga (6.8), Quentin Lecoeuche (7.2), Noah Diliberto (6.7), Mohamed Kaba (7.3), Aymen Boutoutaou (7.0), Mathis Picouleau (6.6), Floyd Ayité (6.5) and Adrian Grbić (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Hillel Konaté, Julien Masson, Nassim Innocenti, Ugo Bonnet, Salim Ben Seghir, Ilyes Hamache and Matteo Rabuel.

Valenciennes could not rely on the presence of S. Ben Seghir (injured).

Substitutions

Valenciennes made 5 changes: M. Picouleau for Ugo Bonnet (75′), Quentin Lecoeuche for Nassim Innocenti (75′), Floyd Ayité for Ilyes Hamache (82′), N. Diliberto for Julien Masson (82′) and Ilyes Hamache for Salim Ben Seghir (90′).

Best player: Mohamed Kaba​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Valenciennes was Mohamed Kaba.

His rating is (7.3) with 19 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.

Rodez – Formation

Rodez started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Didier Santini played with: Sébastien Cibois (6.8), Eric Vandenabeele (6.8), Aymen Abdennour (7.1), Joris Chougrani (6.7), Marvin Senaya (6.6), Lorenzo Rajot (7.0), Remy Boissier (6.7), Louis Torres (7.1), Martin Adeline (6.4), Killian Corredor (7.0) and Clément Depres (6.7).

They had on the bench: Joseph Mendes, Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao, Abdel Hakim Abdallah, Antoine Valerio, Thomas Secchi (7.1), Sambou Soumano and Jung-Bin Park.

Substitutions

Rodez made 5 changes: Sébastien Cibois for Thomas Secchi (41′), C. Dépres for Sambou Soumano (71′), Louis Torres for Abdel Hakim Abdallah (71′), Joris Chougrani for Serge Raux Yao (85′) and M. Adeline for Antoine Valerio (85′).

Best player: Louis Torres​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rodez was Louis Torres.

His rating is (7.1) with 16 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.​

• Bordeaux – Paris – 2-1
• Annecy – Amiens SC – 2-0
• Caen – Grenoble Foot 38 – 2-1
• Le Havre – Niort – 1-0
• Pau – Laval – 0-1
• Dijon – Metz – 0-0
• Bastia – Guingamp – 1-1
• Valenciennes – Rodez – 0-0
• Quevilly Rouen – Sochaux – 0-0