Nice 2-0 Valenciennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 September 2006
Result
Nice 2-0 Valenciennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 September 2006, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nice 2-0 Valenciennes: match report
Nice beat Valenciennes 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 23 September 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.
Cédric Varrault opened the scoring in the 84th minute. Nice's goals came from Cédric Varrault (84') and an own goal by Willy Grondin (90+1'). Valenciennes did not score.
Discipline: Nice received no yellow cards; Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Nice were 20th on 1 point from 6 and Valenciennes 11th on 8 points from 6. Nice went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and Valenciennes 17th with 43.
Going into the match Nice's last five read L-L-L-L-D and Valenciennes's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Patrick Paauwe
- 58'Yellow card · Guillaume Rippert
- 84'Goal · Cédric Varrault
- 86'Second yellow · Guillaume Rippert
- 90+1'Own goal · Willy Grondin
Team news
Nice line-up
Hugo Lloris, Cédric Varrault, Olivier Veigneau, Cedric Kante, Drissa Diakite, Cyril Rool, Florent Balmont, Matt Moussilou Massamba, Bakari Koné, Marama Vahirua, Jacques Abardonado
Valenciennes line-up
Willy Grondin, Guillaume Rippert, Patrick Paauwe, Rudy Mater, Rudy Haddad, Steve Savidan, Laurent Dufresne, Maxence Flachez, Geoffrey Doumeng, Éric Chelle, Florin Bratu