Valenciennes 1-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 24 September 2016

Result

Valenciennes 1-2 Lens

Ligue 2 · Saturday 24 September 2016, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Valenciennes 1-2 Lens: match report

Valenciennes were beaten by Lens 1-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 24 September 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

K. Fortuné opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Valenciennes's goal came from Nuno Da Costa (31'). Lens scored through K. Fortuné (11', penalty) and Benjamin Bourigeaud (90+3').

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

Going into the game Valenciennes were 10th on 11 points from 8 and Lens 11th on 11 points from 8. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Lens 5th with 65.

Valenciennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Lens in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valenciennes win, 5 draws and 4 for Lens.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Red card · Adama GuiraLens
  • 10'Yellow card · Loïc NestorValenciennes
  • 11'Penalty goal · K. FortunéLens · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Nuno Da CostaValenciennes · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · A. ScaramozzinoLens
  • 90+3'Goal · Benjamin BourigeaudLens · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valenciennes 1, draws 5, Lens 4.

Team news

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

Damien Perquis, Baptiste Aloé, Loïc Nestor, Moussa Niakhaté, Loris Néry, Saliou Ciss, Eloge Enza-Yamissi, Adrien Tamèze, Angelo Fulgini, Sébastien Roudet, Nuno da Costa

Lens line-up (4-3-3)

Nicolas Douchez, Dušan Cvetinović, Anthony Scaramozzino, Kenny Lala, Jean-Kévin Duverne, Adama Guira, Abdellah Zoubir, John Bostock, Luis Díaz, Kévin Fortuné, Cristian Lopez