Valenciennes 2-0 Lorient: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 25 February 2012
Result
Valenciennes 2-0 Lorient
Ligue 1 · Saturday 25 February 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valenciennes 2-0 Lorient: match report
Valenciennes beat Lorient 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 25 February 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
M. Samassa opened the scoring in the 78th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from M. Samassa (78') and Renaud Cohade (81'). Lorient did not score.
Discipline: Valenciennes received no yellow cards; Lorient received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 10th on 27 points from 24 and Lorient 12th on 27 points from 24. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Lorient 17th with 39.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Lorient in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valenciennes wins, 4 draws and 3 for Lorient.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Lorient's L-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Lamine Koné
- 78'Goal · M. Samassa
- 81'Goal · Renaud Cohade
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicolas Penneteau, Gil, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Rudy Mater, Carlos Sánchez, Foued Kadir, Renaud Cohade, Gaël Danic, Vincent Aboubakar, David Ducourtioux, Gaëtan Bong
Lorient line-up (4-4-2)
Fabien Audard, Lamine Koné, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Lucas Mareque, Lamine Gassama, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Arnold Mvuemba, Luis Díaz, Maxime Barthelmé, Innocent Emeghara, Kévin Monnet-Paquet