Valenciennes 4-1 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 11 May 2013
Result
Valenciennes 4-1 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 11 May 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valenciennes 4-1 Rennes: match report
Valenciennes beat Rennes 4-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 11 May 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Jonathan Pitroipa opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Maor Melikson (39'), Lindsay Rose (68'), Kenny Lala (83') and José Saez (90+2'). Rennes scored through Jonathan Pitroipa (30').
Discipline: Valenciennes received no yellow cards; Rennes received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 12th on 42 points from 35 and Rennes 10th on 49 points from 35. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Rennes 11th with 50.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-5-1 and Rennes in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valenciennes wins, 3 draws and 4 for Rennes.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read D-D-W-D-L and Rennes's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Jonathan Pitroipa
- 39'Goal · Maor Melikson
- 42'Yellow card · Steven Moreira
- 51'Yellow card · Sadio Diallo
- 56'Yellow card · Dimitri Foulquier
- 59'Second yellow · Dimitri Foulquier
- 65'Red card · John Boye
- 68'Goal · Lindsay Rose
- 83'Goal · Kenny Lala
- 90+2'Goal · José Saez
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-5-1)
Nicolas Penneteau, Benjamin Angoua, Kenny Lala, Lindsay Rose, Carlos Sánchez, Remi Gomis, Maor Melikson, Gaël Danic, Vincent Aboubakar, Younousse Sankharé, Gaëtan Bong
Rennes line-up (4-5-1)
Benoît Costil, Dimitri Foulquier, John Boye, Steven Moreira, Julien Féret, Sadio Diallo, Jean Makoun, Morten Konradsen, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Jonathan Pitroipa, Alou Diarra