Red Star 2-2 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 9 December 2016

Result

Red Star 2-2 Valenciennes

Ligue 2 · Friday 9 December 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Red Star 2-2 Valenciennes: match report

Red Star drew with Valenciennes 2-2 in Ligue 2 on Friday 9 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Formose Mendy opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Red Star's goals came from Formose Mendy (33') and Hameur Bouazza (37'). Valenciennes scored through S. Roudet (73') and Nuno Da Costa (90+4').

Discipline: Red Star received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Valenciennes received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Red Star were 16th on 19 points from 17 and Valenciennes 11th on 22 points from 17. Red Star went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and Valenciennes 13th with 45.

Red Star lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valenciennes in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hameur Bouazza of Red Star (8.1), ahead of Nuno da Costa (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Formose MendyRed Star · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Hameur BouazzaRed Star · 2-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · A. KantariValenciennes
  • 59'Red card · Sekou KeitaRed Star
  • 73'Goal · S. RoudetValenciennes · 2-1
  • 90+4'Goal · Nuno Da CostaValenciennes · 2-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Red Star 0, draws 1, Valenciennes 1.

Team news

Red Star line-up (4-4-2)

Geoffrey Lembet, Lloyd Palun, Jérôme Hergault, Formose Mendy, Jean-Charles Castelletto, Pierrick Cros, Jonathan Mexique, Idriss Mhirsi, Hameur Bouazza, Sekou Keita, Anatole Ngamukol

Valenciennes line-up (4-3-1-2)

Damien Perquis, Loïc Nestor, Moussa Niakhaté, Loris Néry, Ahmed Kantari, Aziz Abdoul Kabore, Adrien Tamèze, Sébastien Roudet, Saliou Ciss, Sigamary Diarra, Nuno da Costa