VALENCIENNES. Valenciennes defeated Sochaux to win 2-1. It was Valenciennes to strike first with a penalty of J. Cuffaut at the 25′. Then it was a goal in the 31′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, N. Diliberto gave the win to Valenciennes in the 59′ minute with a goal. Sochaux lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

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 Pierre Legat with the support of Gilles Lang and Grégoire Valleteau. The 4th official was Ludovic Genest. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.4 degrees Celsius or 59.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sochaux was in firm control of the ball 60% while Valenciennes was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sochaux had a more offensive attitude with 96 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Valenciennes was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Valenciennes shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Sochaux shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Valenciennes received 4 yellow cards (, , N. Innocenti and N. Diliberto). Talking about the opposition, Sochaux received 2 yellow cards ( and Teixeira Maxime).

Standings

After this encounter, Valenciennes will have 16 points like Bastia to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Sochaux will stay with 19 points like Le Havre to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Valenciennes will play away against Paris on the 8th of October with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Paris (4 draws).

Sochaux will host Saint-Étienne on the 10th of October with a 9-8 head to head in favor of Sochaux (4 draws).

Valenciennes – Formation

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

The manager Nicolas Rabuel decided to play with the following team: Gautier Larsonneur (7.2), Joffrey Cuffaut (7.3), Matteo Rabuel (6.6), Jonathan Buatu-Mananga (7.0), Quentin Lecoeuche (6.7), Noah Diliberto (7.7), Mohamed Kaba (7.1), Mathis Picouleau (6.8), Jason Berthomier (7.4), Marius Noubissi (6.5) and Ugo Bonnet (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Nassim Innocenti (6.6), Floyd Ayité, Ilyes Hamache (6.6), Yored Hillel Konaté, Aeron Zinga, Landry Nomel (6.4) and Allan Linguet.

Substitutions

Valenciennes made 4 changes: M. Noubissi for L. Nomel (66′), M. Picouleau for I. Hamache (67′), Q. Lecoeuche for N. Innocenti (67′) and J. Berthomier for F. Ayite (90′).

Best player: Ugo Bonnet​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Valenciennes was Ugo Bonnet even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 24 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13.

Sochaux – Formation

Sochaux started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Olivier Guégan played with: Maxence Prévot (6.4), Julien Faussurier (7.2), Ismaël Aaneba (6.6), Saad Agouzoul (6.4), Abdallah Ndour (6.2), Franck Kanouté (6.2), Tony Mauricio (7.3), Aldo Kalulu (7.4), Rassoul Ndiaye (7.6), Moussa Doumbia (6.8) and Gaetan Weissbeck (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Hermann Tebily (7.3), Koca Manu Agro, Roli Pereira de Sa (6.5), Yoel Armougom, Maxime Do Couto, Valentin Henry and Skelly Alvero.

Substitutions

Sochaux made 3 changes: F. Kanoute for R. Perreira de Sa (70′), T. Mauricio for H. Tebily (76′) and M. Doumbia for Teixeira Maxime (86′).

Best player: Rassoul Ndiaye​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochaux was Rassoul Ndiaye.

His rating is (7.6) with 42 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Nîmes – Paris – 0-1
• Saint-Étienne – Grenoble Foot 38 – 2-2
• Caen – Quevilly Rouen – 0-1
• Dijon – Le Havre – 0-0
• Niort – Guingamp – 0-0
• Valenciennes – Sochaux – 2-1
• Rodez – Amiens SC – 0-1
• Annecy – Bastia – 0-2
• Metz – Pau – 1-0