Valenciennes 4-1 Niort: result and report
Ligue 2 · Friday 25 August 2017
Result
Valenciennes 4-1 Niort
Ligue 2 · Friday 25 August 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Valenciennes 4-1 Niort: match report
Valenciennes beat Niort 4-1 in Ligue 2 on Friday 25 August 2017. The half-time score was 3-0.
L. Dos Santos opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from L. Dos Santos (27'), L. Mothiba (33'), S. Roudet (34') and S. Roudet (67'). Niort scored through Didier Lamkel Zé (83').
Discipline: Valenciennes received no yellow cards; Niort received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 11th on 5 points from 4 and Niort 6th on 8 points from 4. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Niort 15th with 42.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Niort in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sébastien Roudet of Valenciennes (8.4), ahead of Didier Lamkel Zé (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valenciennes wins, 1 draw and 3 for Niort.
Key events
- 27'Goal · L. Dos Santos
- 33'Goal · L. Mothiba
- 34'Goal · S. Roudet
- 66'Yellow card · Laurent Agouazi
- 67'Goal · S. Roudet
- 78'Yellow card · Antoine Batisse
- 83'Goal · Didier Lamkel Zé
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-1-4-1)
Damien Perquis, Baptiste Aloé, Thiago Xavier, Loris Néry, Laurent Dos Santos, Johann Ramare, Sébastien Roudet, Sigamary Diarra, Lossemy Karaboue, Mehdy Guezoui, Lebo Mothiba
Niort line-up (4-3-3)
Saturnin Allagbé, Antoine Batisse, Jérémy Choplin, Julien Dacosta, Issouf Paro, Laurent Agouazi, Aliou Dembélé, Jimmy Roye, Ande Dona Ndoh, Antoine Leautey, Romain Grange