Nice 3-2 Valenciennes: result and report

Nice 3-2 Valenciennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 October 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Nice beat Valenciennes 3-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 3 October 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

M. Samassa opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Nice's goals came from Chaouki Ben Saada (67'), O. Echouafni (72') and an own goal by D. Ducourtioux (76'). Valenciennes scored through M. Samassa (40', penalty) and Carlos Sánchez (51').

Discipline: Nice received 4 yellow cards; Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Nice were 19th on 5 points from 7 and Valenciennes 10th on 10 points from 7. Nice went on to finish that season 15th with 44 points, and Valenciennes 9th with 52.

Nice lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valenciennes in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Nice wins, 0 draws and 1 for Valenciennes.

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