VALENCIENNES. Pau had a smooth win over Valenciennes. Pau got an early 4-0 lead with 4 goals from Khalid Boutaïb (7′), Jean Ruiz (45′) and Moussa Sylla (64′). Valenciennes tried to recover with a goal from M. Foe-Ondoa (80′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (82′) scored by Y. Begraoui for Pau.

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 Jérémie Pignard with the collaboration of Aurélien Drouet and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Valentin Giorgetti. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.52 degrees Celsius or 68.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Valenciennes was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Pau that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Valenciennes was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Pau was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Valenciennes shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Pau shot 14 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Valenciennes received 1 yellow card (A. Linguet). Talking about the opposition, Pau received 2 yellow cards (Henri Saivet  and I. Mohamed).

Standings

After this match, Valenciennes stays with 17 points to remain in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Pau will has 47 points like Rodez and Guingamp to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Valenciennes will play away against Paris on the 20th of April with a 7-5 head to head statistic in favor of Paris (4 draws).

Pau will host Laval on the 20th of April with a 1-1 head to head record.

Valenciennes – Formation

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

The manager Ahmed Kantari decided to play with the following team: J. Louchet (6.4), A. Linguet (6.3), Joffrey Cuffaut  (6.6), L. Woudenberg (6.1), S. Basse (6.8), J. Moursou (6.8), Julien Masson (6.6), Makabi Lilepo (7.1), Anthony Knockaert (6.3), Flamarion (6.4) and Siriné Doucouré (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Sacha Bansé (7.1), N. Venema, Andrew Jung (6.7), Ilyes Hamache (7.0), L. Diabaté, J. Sanda (6.4) and M. Foe-Ondoa (7.3).

Substitutions

Valenciennes made 5 changes: Anthony Knockaert for Ilyes Hamache (26′), Flamarion for Andrew Jung (26′), Siriné Doucouré for Andrew Jung (26′), A. Linguet for J. Sanda (65′) and Julien Masson for Sacha Bansé (71′).

Player of the match: M. Foe-Ondoa​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Valenciennes was M. Foe-Ondoa.

His rating is 7.3 with 1 goal, 12 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 6.

Pau – Formation

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

Nicolas Usaï played with: Bingourou Kamara (6.8), N. Sow (7.0), Xavier Kouassi (7.0), Jean Ruiz (8.2), Sessi D’Almeida (7.1), Jordy Gaspar (7.0), Henri Saivet  (8.1), I. Mohamed (7.0), C. Boli (7.0), Moussa Sylla (9.2) and Khalid Boutaïb (8.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Y. Begraoui (7.5), Mons Bassouamina (6.3), O. Ngom (6.7), Johann Obiang (6.4), Y. Njoh, T. Colléaux (7.0) and M. Jeannin.

Substitutions

Pau made 4 changes: C. Boli for Mons Bassouamina (69′), Sessi D’Almeida for Johann Obiang (69′), N. Sow for O. Ngom (60′) and I. Mohamed for Y. Begraoui (60′).

Player of the match: Moussa Sylla​

The most impressive player for Pau was Moussa Sylla.

His rating is 9.2 with 1 goal, 35 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Troyes – Paris – 1-2
• Ajaccio – Saint-Étienne – 2-0
• Quevilly Rouen – Auxerre – 4-3
• Dunkerque – Guingamp – 0-1
• Laval – Annecy – 0-3
• Valenciennes – Pau – 1-4
• Caen – Rodez – 1-0
• Bordeaux – Bastia – 2-3
• Concarneau – Amiens SC – 0-0