VALENCIENNES. Valenciennes recovers against Bastia with 2 goals from F. Magri from a goal on the 69′ and a goal on the 4′.
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 Aurélien Petit with the help of Grégoire Valleteau and Frédéric Hebrard. The 4th official was Philippe Lucas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.8 degrees Celsius or 38.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 9 Total 21
- 4 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 9
- 1 Shots blocked 6
- 81 Attack 105
- 40 Dangerous attack 93
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 20
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Valenciennes was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Bastia that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Bastia was more aggressive with 93 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Bastia to win the encounter.
Valenciennes shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Bastia shot 21 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards (Mathieu Debuchy, A. Linguet and M. Picouleau). Regarding the opposition, Bastia didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Valenciennes will have 33 points to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Bastia will have 42 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Valenciennes will host Paris on the 1st of April with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Paris (4 draws).
Bastia will play away agasint Paris on the 18th of March with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Paris (0 draws).
Valenciennes – Formation
Valenciennes
15'
72'
25', 48'
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 , Allan Linguet , Mathieu Debuchy , Jonathan Buatu-Mananga , Quentin Lecoeuche , Julien Masson , Noah Diliberto , Aymen Boutoutaou , Mathis Picouleau , Ilyes Hamache and Adrian Grbić .
The home team had on the bench: Nassim Innocenti, Salim Ben Seghir , Jason Berthomier , Lorng Nomel, Hillel Konaté, Matteo Rabuel and Ugo Bonnet.
Substitutions
Valenciennes made 3 changes: Julien Masson for Jason Berthomier (72′), Ilyes Hamache for Salim Ben Seghir (72′) and A. Boutoutaou for Ugo Bonnet (86′).
Best player: Adrian Grbić
The player that probably impressed the most for Valenciennes was Adrian Grbić.
His rating is with 2 goals, 27 passes (51% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 16.
Bastia – Formation
Bastia
Bastia started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Régis Brouard played with: Johny Placide , Lloyd Palun , Abdoulaye Niakhate Ndiaye , Dominique Guidi , Kevin Van Den Kerkhof , Tom Ducrocq , Sébastien Salles-Lamonge , Kylian Kaiboue , Christophe Vincent , Frank Magri and Kapitbafan Djoco .
They had on the bench: Kevin Schur, Zacharie Boucher, Florian Bohnert , Migouel Alfarela, Joris Sainati, Anthony Roncaglia and Benjamin Santelli .
Bastia could not rely on the presence of Anthony Roncaglia (injured).
Substitutions
Bastia made 4 changes: Sébastien Salles-Lamonge for Benjamin Santelli (67′), Lloyd Palun for Florian Bohnert (68′), Kapit Djoco for Migouel Alfarela (84′) and Kylian Kaïboué for Anthony Roncaglia (90′).
Best player: Frank Magri
The player that probably impressed the most for Bastia was Frank Magri.
His rating is with 2 goals, 24 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 22. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Laval – Paris – 1-2
- Saint-Étienne – Amiens SC – 1-1
- Guingamp – Dijon – 2-0
- Nîmes – Quevilly Rouen – 2-0
- Pau – Niort – 1-0
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Annecy – 2-1
- Valenciennes – Bastia – 2-2
- Rodez – Caen – 3-2
- Sochaux – Bordeaux – 1-1
