Valenciennes 2-3 Nîmes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 28 October 2016

Result

Valenciennes 2-3 Nîmes

Ligue 2 · Friday 28 October 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Valenciennes 2-3 Nîmes: match report

Valenciennes were beaten by Nîmes 2-3 in Ligue 2 on Friday 28 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Nuno Da Costa opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Nuno Da Costa (21') and an own goal by Anthony Briançon (66'). Nîmes scored through Slimane Sissoko (65'), Christian Kouakou (72') and Slimane Sissoko (76').

Discipline: Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards; Nîmes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 8th on 17 points from 12 and Nîmes 11th on 15 points from 12. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Nîmes 6th with 64.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valenciennes wins, 1 draw and 3 for Nîmes.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Nuno Da CostaValenciennes · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Anthony BriançonNîmes
  • 50'Yellow card · Nuno Da CostaValenciennes
  • 52'Yellow card · Adrien TamèzeValenciennes
  • 65'Goal · Slimane SissokoNîmes · 1-1
  • 66'Own goal · Anthony BriançonValenciennes · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · T. SavanierNîmes
  • 72'Goal · Christian KouakouNîmes · 2-2
  • 76'Goal · Slimane SissokoNîmes · 2-3

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Valenciennes 0, draws 1, Nîmes 3.

Team news

Valenciennes line-up

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

Nîmes line-up

Gauthier Gallon, Gael Angoula, Fethi Harek, Anthony Briançon, Téji Savanier, Théo Valls, Zie Diabate, Rachid Alioui, Florian Fabre, Christian Kouakou, Ousmane Cissokho