Nîmes 2-1 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 28 January 2022

Result

Nîmes 2-1 Valenciennes

Ligue 2 · Friday 28 January 2022, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Nîmes · Valenciennes · Ligue 2 predictions

Nîmes 2-1 Valenciennes: match report

Nîmes won against Valenciennes 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Friday 28 January 2022. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Yassine Benrahou opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Nîmes's goals came from Yassine Benrahou (11', penalty) and Julien Ponceau (16'). Valenciennes scored through Joffrey Cuffaut (53', penalty).

Discipline: Nîmes received 1 yellow card; Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nîmes were 11th on 26 points from 20 and Valenciennes 18th on 22 points from 20. Nîmes went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and Valenciennes 16th with 44.

Nîmes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valenciennes in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Kaba of Valenciennes (8.2), ahead of Lamine Fomba (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Nîmes wins, 1 draw and 0 for Valenciennes.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · M. PicouleauValenciennes
  • 11'Penalty goal · Yassine BenrahouNîmes · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Julien PonceauNîmes · 2-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Lamine FombaNîmes
  • 53'Penalty goal · Joffrey CuffautValenciennes · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Baptiste GuillaumeValenciennes

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Nîmes 8, draws 1, Valenciennes 0.

Team news

Nîmes line-up (4-2-3-1)

Per Kristian Bråtveit, Patrick Burner, K. Guessoum, Pablo Martinez, Gaëtan Paquiez, Lamine Fomba, Leon Delpech, Yassine Benrahou, Julien Ponceau, Niclas Eliasson, Elías Már Ómarsson

Valenciennes line-up (4-4-2)

Lucas Chevalier, Laurent Dos Santos, Emmanuel Ntim, Joffrey Cuffaut, Quentin Lecoeuche, Mathis Picouleau, Noah Diliberto, Mohamed Kaba, Gaëtan Robail, Baptiste Guillaume, Julien Masson