VALENCIENNES. Paris had an adventurous win over Valenciennes. The hero of the match was who scored in the 33rd, 38th, 58th, 81st and 90th minute. Paris was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
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 Gaël Angoula with the collaboration of Julien Garrigues and Bertrand Jouannaud. The 4th official was Tawbane Kani. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.5 degrees Celsius or 47.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 8 Total 20
- 7 On Target 10
- 1 Off Target 3
- 0 Shots blocked 7
- 111 Attack 136
- 67 Dangerous attack 97
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Paris had a strong ball possession 61% while Valenciennes was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Paris was more pushing with 97 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Paris won the encounter.
Valenciennes shot 8 times, 7 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Paris shot 20 times, 10 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards (Julien Masson and Quentin Lecoeuche). On the opposite side, Paris received 1 yellow card (Morgan Guilavogui).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Valenciennes will stay with 33 points like Annecy and Pau to remain in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Paris will have 40 points to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Valenciennes will host Niort on the 15th of April with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Valenciennes (4 draws).
Paris will play away agasint Metz on the 29th of April with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Metz (2 draws).
Valenciennes – Formation
The manager Nicolas Rabuel decided to play with the following team: Stefan Bajic, Mathieu Debuchy, Jonathan Buatu Mananga, Quentin Lecoeuche, Matteo Rabuel, Julien Masson, Mathis Picouleau, Aymen Boutoutaou, Mohamed Kaba, Adrian Grbic and Salim Ben Seghir.
The home team had on the bench: Allan Linguet, Lorng Nomel, Florian Martin, Yored Hillel Konaté, Noah Diliberto, Ugo Bonnet and Joffrey Cuffaut.
Substitutions
Valenciennes made 4 changes: M. Rabuel for Joeffrey Cuffaut (46′), M. Picouleau for Ugo Bonnet (46′), S. Ben Seghir for Lorng Nomel (75′) and A. Boutoutaou for Florian Martin (84′).
Paris – Formation
Thierry Laurey played with: Vincent De Marconnay, Jordan Lefort, Maxime Bernauer, Ousmane Kanté, Yvann Macon, Yoan Koré, Jonathan Damián Iglesias Abreu, Cyril Mandouki, Ilan Kebbal, Khalid Boutaïb and Morgan Guilavogui.
These were the players on the bench: Ivan Filipović, Mehdi Chahiri, Pierre-Yves Hamel, Loup Diwan Gueho, Kouadio Yves Dabila, Kévin Mbala and Paul Lasne.
Substitutions
Paris made 4 changes: Morgan Guilavogui for Paul Lasne (83′), Morgan Guilavogui for Noah Diliberto (83′), Ilan Kebbal for Loup Diwan Gueho (90′) and Yvann Maçon for Kévin Mbala (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Valenciennes – Paris – 4-5
- Saint-Étienne – Niort – 2-0
- Caen – Dijon – 2-1
- Nîmes – Annecy – 4-0
- Pau – Le Havre – 0-1
- Bastia – Sochaux – 3-2
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Amiens SC – 2-1
- Rodez – Quevilly Rouen – 1-0
- Metz – Laval – 1-0