Valenciennes 2-2 Saint-Étienne: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 27 August 2022

Result

Valenciennes 2-2 Saint-Étienne

Ligue 2 · Saturday 27 August 2022, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Valenciennes 2-2 Saint-Étienne: match report

Valenciennes drew with Saint-Étienne 2-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 27 August 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

A. Zinga opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from A. Zinga (26') and Joffrey Cuffaut (90+3', penalty). Saint-Étienne scored through Yvann Maçon (30') and J. Krasso (48').

Discipline: Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 12th on 5 points from 4 and Saint-Étienne 18th on 2 points from 4. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 15th with 45 points, and Saint-Étienne 6th with 56.

Valenciennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 3-2-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yvann Maçon of Saint-Étienne (8.4), ahead of Quentin Lecoeuche (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valenciennes wins, 3 draws and 5 for Saint-Étienne.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · M. PicouleauValenciennes
  • 17'Yellow card · Quentin LecoeucheValenciennes
  • 26'Goal · A. ZingaValenciennes · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Yvann MaçonSaint-Étienne · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · S. SowSaint-Étienne
  • 48'Goal · J. KrassoSaint-Étienne · 1-2
  • 49'Yellow card · L. MoutonSaint-Étienne
  • 60'Yellow card · Éric VandenabeeleValenciennes
  • 69'Yellow card · Benjamin BouchouariSaint-Étienne
  • 78'Yellow card · J. KrassoSaint-Étienne
  • 87'Yellow card · M. RiveraSaint-Étienne
  • 90+3'Penalty goal · Joffrey CuffautValenciennes · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valenciennes 2, draws 3, Saint-Étienne 5.

Team news

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Valenciennes line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gautier Larsonneur, Allan Linguet, Éric Vandenabeele, Joffrey Cuffaut, Quentin Lecoeuche, Mohamed Kaba, Mathis Picouleau, Aymen Boutoutaou, Aeron Zinga, Ilyes Hamache, Ugo Bonnet

Saint-Étienne line-up (3-2-4-1)

Matthieu Dreyer, Saïdou Sow, Jimmy Giraudon, Mickaël Nadé, Sergi Palencia, Benjamin Bouchouari, Victor Lobry, Yvann Maçon, Lenny Pintor, Jean-Philippe Krasso, Dylan Chambost