VALENCIENNES. Valenciennes bounces back against Saint-Étienne with a goal on the Y. Macon 30′ and a goal on the J. Krasso 48′.
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 Guillaume Paradis assisted by Nicolas Rodrigues and Julien Pacelli. The 4th official was Gaëtan Deneuve. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21 degrees Celsius or 69.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 9 Total 13
- 4 On Target 6
- 5 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 138 Attack 112
- 77 Dangerous attack 52
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 19
- 3 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Valenciennes was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Saint-Étienne that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Valenciennes was putting more pressure with 77 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Valenciennes to win the match.
Valenciennes shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Saint-Étienne shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards (M. Picouleau, Q. Lecoeuche and E. Vandenabeele). Talking about the opposition, Saint-Étienne received 5 yellow cards (S. Sow, L. Mouton, B. Bouchouari, J. Krasso and M. Rivera).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Valenciennes will have 6 points like Le Havre, Bastia, Quevilly Rouen, Paris, Grenoble Foot 38 and Niort to remain in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Saint-Étienne will have 0 points to sit in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Valenciennes will play away with Niort on the 30th of August with a 6-6 head to head statistic.
Saint-Étienne will play away agasint Guingamp on the 17th of September with a 9-3 head to head in favor of Saint-Étienne (1 draw).
Valenciennes – Formation
Valenciennes
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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: Gautier Larsonneur , Allan Linguet , Eric Vandenabeele , Joffrey Cuffaut , Quentin Lecoeuche , Mohamed Kaba , Mathis Picouleau , Aymen Boutoutaou , Aeron Zinga , Ilyes Hamache and Ugo Bonnet .
The home team had on the bench: M. Rabuel, Noah Diliberto , Mathieu Debuchy, Yacine El Amri , Nassim Innocenti, Hillel Konaté and Marius Noubissi .
Substitutions
Valenciennes made 3 changes: A. Boutoutaou for M. Noubissi (69′), U. Bonnet for Y. El Amri (80′) and M. Picouleau for N. Diliberto (87′).
Best player: Marius Noubissi
The player that probably impressed the most for Valenciennes was Marius Noubissi.
His rating is with 6 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 69′.
Saint-Étienne – Formation
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Laurent Batlles played with: Matthieu Dreyer , Saïdou Sow , Jimmy Giraudon , Mickael Nade , Sergi Palencia , Benjamin Bouchouari , Victor Lobry , Yvann Maçon , Lenny Pintor , Jean-Philippe Krasso and Dylan Chambost .
These were the players on the bench: Noah Raveyre, Louis Mouton , Ayman Aiki , Maxence Rivera , Darnell Bile , Abdoulaye Bakayoko and Lucas Calodat.
Saint-Étienne could not rely on the presence of L. Mouton (injured).
Substitutions
Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: V. Lobry for L. Mouton (22′), L. Pintor for A. Aiki (67′), D. Chambost for M. Rivera (82′) and J. Krasso for D. E. Bile (82′).
Best player: Yvann Maçon
The most impressive player for Saint-Étienne was Yvann Maçon.
His rating is with 1 goal, 54 passes (66% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Valenciennes – Saint-Étienne – 2-2
- Paris – Caen – 1-1
- Bordeaux – Guingamp – 0-1
- Le Havre – Amiens SC – 1-1
- Nîmes – Laval – 1-0
- Bastia – Rodez – 0-2
- Sochaux – Niort – 3-0
- Annecy – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-0
- Metz – Dijon – 1-2
- Quevilly Rouen – Pau – 2-1
