VALENCIENNES. Toulouse overcame Valenciennes 3-1 thanks to A. Rouault who scored in the 9th and 83rd minute. Toulouse got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from A. Rouault (9′) and R. Ratao (54′). Valenciennes tried to recover with a goal from U. Bonnet (57′). However, the match was closed by a goal (83′) scored by A. Rouault for Toulouse. Toulouse was surely superior in terms of ball possession (64%) 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 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Bartolomeu Varela with the help of Stéphane Panont and Jean Grimm. The 4th official was Félicien Gazon. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 6 Total 15
- 3 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 83 Attack 121
- 59 Dangerous attack 91
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 5
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Toulouse had a superior ball possession 64% while Valenciennes was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Toulouse was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Toulouse won the encounter.
Valenciennes shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Toulouse shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards (S. Yatabare, G. Robail and Q. Lecoeuche). Talking about the opposition, Toulouse didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Valenciennes will stay with 26 points to remain in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Toulouse will have 48 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Valenciennes will play away against Quevilly Rouen on the 19th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Quevilly Rouen (3 draws).
Toulouse will play away agasint Grenoble Foot 38 on the 28th of February with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Toulouse (0 draws).
Valenciennes – Formation
Valenciennes
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Valenciennes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Christophe Delmotte decided to play with the following team: Lucas Chevalier , Allan Linguet , Emmanuel Ntim , Joffrey Cuffaut , Quentin Lecoeuche , Mohamed Kaba , Noah Diliberto , Ilyes Hamache , Sambou Yatabare , Gaëtan Robail and Ugo Bonnet .
The home team had on the bench: Cheick Timité , Julien Masson , Aly Abeid, Mathieu Debuchy , Floyd Ayité , Hillel Konate and Florian Martin .
Substitutions
Valenciennes made 5 changes: G. Robail for F. Ayite (51′), S. Yatabare for J. Masson (64′), N. Diliberto for C. Timite (64′), A. Linguet for M. Debuchy (79′) and I. Hamache for F. Martin (79′).
Best player: Ugo Bonnet
The player that probably impressed the most for Valenciennes was Ugo Bonnet.
His rating is with 1 goal, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 14.
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse
Toulouse started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Philippe Montanier played with: Maxime Dupé , Mikkel Desler , Anthony Rouault , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Bafodé Diakité , Denis Genreau , Stijn Spierings , Branco Van den Boomen , Nathan N’Goumou , Ado Onaiwu and Rafael Ratão .
They had on the bench: Isak Pettersson, Sam Sanna, Yanis Begraoui , Mamady Bangre, Moussa Diarra , Naatan Skyttä and Logan Costa.
Toulouse could not rely on the presence of M. Diarra (injured).
Substitutions
Toulouse made 3 changes: R. Ratao for Y. Begraoui (80′), D. Genreau for M. Diarra (85′) and N. Ngoumou for S. Sanna (90′).
Best player: Anthony Rouault
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Toulouse was Anthony Rouault.
His rating is with 2 goals, 75 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Paris – Quevilly Rouen – 3-0
- Dunkerque – Rodez – 2-0
- Ajaccio – Guingamp – 0-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Sochaux – 1-3
- Caen – Nîmes – 4-0
- Valenciennes – Toulouse – 1-3
- Dijon – Pau – 0-1
- Auxerre – Nancy – 1-1
- Amiens SC – Niort – 3-1
