Valenciennes 6-1 Lorient: result and report

Valenciennes 6-1 Lorient

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 October 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Valenciennes defeated Lorient 6-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 October 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Benjamin Corgnet opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Carlos Sánchez (11'), Anthony Le Tallec (14'), Gaël Danic (53', penalty), V. Aboubakar (81'), Anthony Le Tallec (87') and V. Aboubakar (90'). Lorient scored through Benjamin Corgnet (7').

Discipline: Valenciennes received 4 yellow cards; Lorient received 1 yellow card and 3 red cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 8th on 12 points from 8 and Lorient 5th on 14 points from 8. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Lorient 8th with 55.

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 4 Valenciennes wins, 3 draws and 3 for Lorient.

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