Dunkerque 2-1 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 17 February 2024

Result

Dunkerque 2-1 Valenciennes

Ligue 2 · Saturday 17 February 2024, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Dunkerque · Valenciennes · Ligue 2 predictions

Dunkerque 2-1 Valenciennes: match report

Dunkerque won against Valenciennes 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 17 February 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Gaëtan Courtet opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Dunkerque's goals came from Gaëtan Courtet (10') and Benjaloud Youssouf (90+4'). Valenciennes scored through Ilyes Hamache (30').

Discipline: Dunkerque received 2 yellow cards; Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Dunkerque were 17th on 24 points from 24 and Valenciennes 20th on 15 points from 24. Dunkerque went on to finish that season 16th with 46 points, and Valenciennes 20th with 26.

Dunkerque lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valenciennes in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bendjaloud Youssouf of Dunkerque (7.7), level with Gessime Yassine (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Dunkerque wins, 0 draws and 2 for Valenciennes.

Going into the match Dunkerque's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Valenciennes's D-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Gaëtan CourtetDunkerque · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Ilyes HamacheValenciennes · 1-1
  • 45'Missed penalty · Gaëtan CourtetDunkerque
  • 45'Yellow card · Joffrey CuffautValenciennes
  • 46'Yellow card · Luís Ferreira de CastroDunkerque
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Andrew JungValenciennes
  • 90+4'Goal · Benjaloud YoussoufDunkerque · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Benjaloud YoussoufDunkerque

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Dunkerque 3, draws 0, Valenciennes 2.

Team news

Dunkerque line-up (4-4-2)

Mohamed Koné, Bendjaloud Youssouf, Opa Sangante, Bram Lagae, Y. Bilingi, Gessime Yassine, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Julien Anziani, Achraf Laâziri, Gaëtan Courtet, Enzo Bardeli

Valenciennes line-up (4-4-2)

Lassana Sy, Halid Sabanovic, Joachim Kayi Sanda, Joffrey Cuffaut, Souleymane Basse, Anthony Knockaert, Sacha Bansé, Julien Masson, Giovino Flamarion, Ilyes Hamache, Siriné Doucouré