Valenciennes 1-2 Bordeaux: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 16 September 2023

Result

Valenciennes 1-2 Bordeaux

Ligue 2 · Saturday 16 September 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Valenciennes · Bordeaux · Ligue 2 predictions

Valenciennes 1-2 Bordeaux: match report

Valenciennes lost to Bordeaux 1-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 16 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Alberth Elis opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Valenciennes's goal came from David Kruse (63'). Bordeaux scored through Alberth Elis (37') and Alexi Pitu (88').

Discipline: Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Bordeaux received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 17th on 5 points from 5 and Bordeaux 11th on 7 points from 5. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 20th with 26 points, and Bordeaux 12th with 51.

Valenciennes lined up in a 5-3-2 and Bordeaux in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zuriko Davitashvili of Bordeaux (7.8), ahead of David Kruse (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valenciennes wins, 4 draws and 6 for Bordeaux.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Alberth ElisBordeaux · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Stian GregersenBordeaux
  • 44'Red card · Jorge MacielValenciennes
  • 46'Yellow card · Alberth ElisBordeaux
  • 59'Yellow card · Julien MassonValenciennes
  • 63'Goal · David KruseValenciennes · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Anthony KnockaertValenciennes
  • 85'Yellow card · Sacha BanseValenciennes
  • 88'Goal · Alexi PituBordeaux · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valenciennes 0, draws 4, Bordeaux 6.

Team news

Valenciennes line-up (5-3-2)

Jean Louchet, Allan Linguet, Buatu, Jordan Poha, Taylor Moore, Lucas Woudenberg, David Kruse, Bruno Costa, Julien Masson, Aymen Boutoutaou, Ugo Bonnet

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

Rafal Straczek, Malcom Bokele, Stian Gregersen, Yoann Barbet, Jacques Ekomié, Yohan Cassubie, Pedro Díaz, Alberth Elis, Issouf Sissokho, Jérémy Livolant, Aliou Badji