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
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.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Nuno Da Costa
- 31'Yellow card · Anthony Briançon
- 50'Yellow card · Nuno Da Costa
- 52'Yellow card · Adrien Tamèze
- 65'Goal · Slimane Sissoko
- 66'Own goal · Anthony Briançon
- 68'Yellow card · T. Savanier
- 72'Goal · Christian Kouakou
- 76'Goal · Slimane Sissoko
Head-to-head
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