Valenciennes 4-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 10 November 2018

Result

Valenciennes 4-2 Lens

Ligue 2 · Saturday 10 November 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Valenciennes 4-2 Lens: match report

Valenciennes beat Lens 4-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 10 November 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tony Mauricio opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Tony Mauricio (14'), Gaëtan Robail (54'), S. Roudet (72') and Tony Mauricio (87'). Lens scored through Grejohn Kyei (36') and Y. Gomis (62', penalty).

Discipline: Valenciennes received 5 yellow cards; Lens received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 18th on 12 points from 13 and Lens 4th on 26 points from 13. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Lens 5th with 65.

Valenciennes lined up in a 5-4-1 and Lens in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tony Mauricio of Valenciennes (9.2), ahead of Sébastien Roudet (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valenciennes wins, 5 draws and 3 for Lens.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Tony MauricioValenciennes · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Grejohn KyeiLens
  • 33'Yellow card · Damien PerquisValenciennes
  • 36'Goal · Grejohn KyeiLens · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Gaëtan RobailValenciennes · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Anthony GoelzerValenciennes
  • 61'Yellow card · A. KantariValenciennes
  • 62'Penalty goal · Y. GomisLens · 2-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Gaëtan RobailValenciennes
  • 65'Yellow card · A. MendyLens
  • 72'Goal · S. RoudetValenciennes · 3-2
  • 73'Yellow card · S. RoudetValenciennes
  • 87'Goal · Tony MauricioValenciennes · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valenciennes 2, draws 5, Lens 3.

Team news

Valenciennes line-up (5-4-1)

Damien Perquis, Laurent Dos Santos, Elhadj Dabo, Loïc Nestor, Ahmed Kantari, Anthony Goelzer, Tony Mauricio, Johann Ramare, Gaëtan Arib, Sébastien Roudet, Florian Raspentino

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

Jean-Louis Leca, Fabien Centonze, M. Tahrat, Aleksandar Radovanovic, Arial Mendy, Cheick Doucouré, El-Hadji Ba, Yannick Gomis, Walid Mesloub, Thierry Ambrose, Grejohn Kyei