Nîmes 3-3 Valenciennes: result and report
Ligue 2 · Saturday 6 May 2023
Result
Nîmes 3-3 Valenciennes
Ligue 2 · Saturday 6 May 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Nîmes 3-3 Valenciennes: match report
Nîmes drew with Valenciennes 3-3 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 6 May 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Rafiki Saïd opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Nîmes's goals came from Rafiki Saïd (3'), Benoît Poulain (65') and Nicolas Benezet (71'). Valenciennes scored through Ilyes Hamache (44'), Aymen Boutoutaou (61') and Aymen Boutoutaou (70').
Discipline: Nîmes received 2 yellow cards; Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nîmes were 19th on 32 points from 33 and Valenciennes 15th on 37 points from 33. Nîmes went on to finish that season 19th with 36 points, and Valenciennes 15th with 45.
Nîmes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valenciennes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aymen Boutoutaou of Valenciennes (8.1), ahead of Benoît Poulain (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Nîmes wins, 1 draw and 1 for Valenciennes.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Rafiki Saïd
- 21'Yellow card · Ilyes Hamache
- 41'Yellow card · Malik Tchokounté
- 44'Goal · Ilyes Hamache
- 61'Goal · Aymen Boutoutaou
- 65'Goal · Benoît Poulain
- 70'Goal · Aymen Boutoutaou
- 71'Goal · Nicolas Benezet
- 86'Yellow card · Jonathan Buatu
- 90+6'Yellow card · Steve Ambri
Head-to-head
Team news
Nîmes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Axel Maraval, Ronny Labonne, Benoît Poulain, Maël de Gevigney, K. Guessoum, Jean N'Guessan, Joseph Romeric Lopy, Thibaut Vargas, Pablo Pagis, Rafiki Saïd, Malik Tchokounté
Valenciennes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lassana Sy, Allan Linguet, Jordan Poha, Buatu, Joffrey Cuffaut, Noah Diliberto, Mohamed Kaba, Aymen Boutoutaou, Jason Berthomier, Ilyes Hamache, Yassine Haouari