VALENCIENNES. Valenciennes overcome Nîmes.
The match was played at the Stade du Hainaut stadium in Valenciennes on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Alexandre Perreau Niel with the collaboration of Bertrand Jouannaud and Nicolas Durand. The 4th official was Timothe Bonnot. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 7 Total 12
- 5 On Target 7
- 2 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 154 Attack 185
- 75 Dangerous attack 99
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Valenciennes was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Nîmes that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nîmes was more aggressive with 99 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Valenciennes was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Valenciennes shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Nîmes shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards (I. Hamache and M. Kaba). Talking about the opposition, Nîmes received 2 yellow cards (R. Labonne and M. Durand de Gevigney).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Valenciennes will have 12 points like Le Havre and Caen to soar in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Nîmes will stay with 7 points like Paris, Laval, Quevilly Rouen and Niort to go down in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Valenciennes will play away with Pau on the 17th of September with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Valenciennes (1 draw).
Valenciennes – Formation
Valenciennes
40'
85'
29'
Valenciennes started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Nicolas Rabuel decided to play with the following team: Gautier Larsonneur , Allan Linguet , Matteo Rabuel , Joffrey Cuffaut , Quentin Lecoeuche , Yacine El Amri , Julien Masson , Mohamed Kaba , Ilyes Hamache , Marius Noubissi and Aeron Zinga .
The home team had on the bench: Mathis Picouleau , Hillel Konaté, Ugo Bonnet , Florian Martin, Nassim Innocenti, Mathieu Debuchy and Noah Diliberto .
Valenciennes could not rely on the presence of M. Debuchy (injured).
Substitutions
Valenciennes made 5 changes: A. Linguet for M. Debuchy (40′), I. Hamache for U. Bonnet (46′), A. Zinga for N. Diliberto (74′), Y. El Amri for M. Picouleau (74′) and M. Noubissi for N. Innocenti (90′).
Best player: Mohamed Kaba
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Valenciennes was Mohamed Kaba.
His rating is with 1 goal, 43 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15.
Nîmes – Formation
Nîmes
Nîmes started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Nicolas Usaï played with: Lucas Dias , Thibault Vargas , Ronny Labonne , Maël Durand de Gevigney , Kelyan Guessoum , Scotty Sadzoute , Leon Delpech , Lamine Fomba , Jean N’Guessan , Elías Már Ómarsson and Malik Tchokounté .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Axel Maraval, Patrick Burner , Rafiki Saïd , Moussa Koné , Pablo Pagis , Marius Zampa and Rayan Nasraoui.
Substitutions
Nîmes made 5 changes: E. Omarsson for P. Pagis (64′), L. Delpech for R. Said (64′), M. Tchokounte for M. Kone (65′), T. Vargas for P. Burner (79′) and J. K. Nguessan for M. Zampa (90′).
Best player: Lamine Fomba
The most impressive player for Nîmes was Lamine Fomba.
His rating is with 58 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 20.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Le Havre – Caen – 2-1
- Bastia – Dijon – 1-0
- Amiens SC – Grenoble Foot 38 – 1-0
- Valenciennes – Nîmes – 3-2
- Sochaux – Laval – 4-1
- Metz – Annecy – 0-0
- Quevilly Rouen – Niort – 3-3
