Valenciennes 1-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 23 January 2008

Result

Valenciennes 1-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 23 January 2008, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Valenciennes 1-2 Lens: match report

Valenciennes lost to Lens 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 23 January 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Steve Savidan opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Valenciennes's goal came from Steve Savidan (34'). Lens scored through Vitorino Hilton (44') and K. Monnet-Paquet (64').

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

Going into the game Valenciennes were 6th on 32 points from 21 and Lens 18th on 23 points from 20. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Lens 18th with 40.

Valenciennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Lens in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valenciennes wins, 1 draw and 2 for Lens.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Sidi KeitaLens
  • 15'Yellow card · D. DucourtiouxValenciennes
  • 34'Goal · Steve SavidanValenciennes · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Vitorino HiltonLens · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · G. DoumengValenciennes
  • 54'Yellow card · Toifilou MaoulidaLens
  • 56'Red card · Guillaume RippertValenciennes
  • 64'Goal · K. Monnet-PaquetLens · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Vedran RunjeLens
  • 90+3'Yellow card · David SommeilValenciennes

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Valenciennes 0, draws 1, Lens 2.

Team news

Valenciennes line-up (4-4-2)

Nicolas Penneteau, Guillaume Rippert, David Sommeil, Rudy Mater, Johan Audel, José Saez, Steve Savidan, Gregory Pujol, David Ducourtioux, Geoffrey Doumeng, Djamel Belmadi

Lens line-up (4-4-2)

Vedran Runje, Fabien Laurenti, Milan Biševac, Nadir Belhadj, Olivier Monterrubio, Sidi Keita, Toifilou Maoulida, Luigi Pieroni, Vitorino Hilton, Nenad Kovacevic, Yohan Demont