Valenciennes 2-1 Sochaux: result and report
Ligue 2 · Monday 16 January 2017
Result
Valenciennes 2-1 Sochaux
Ligue 2 · Monday 16 January 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valenciennes 2-1 Sochaux: match report
Valenciennes beat Sochaux 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Monday 16 January 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Édouard Butin opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Édouard Butin (64') and Andy Faustin (89'). Sochaux scored through Faneva Andriatsima (69').
Discipline: Valenciennes received 1 yellow card; Sochaux received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 14th on 24 points from 19 and Sochaux 6th on 31 points from 19. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Sochaux 14th with 45.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Sochaux in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Tardieu of Sochaux (8.2), ahead of Andy Faustin (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valenciennes win, 6 draws and 3 for Sochaux.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read D-D-D-W-D and Sochaux's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 64'Goal · Édouard Butin
- 68'Yellow card · Jérôme Onguéné
- 69'Goal · Faneva Andriatsima
- 78'Yellow card · A. Kantari
- 89'Goal · Andy Faustin
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-3-2-1)
Damien Perquis, Loïc Nestor, Moussa Niakhaté, Loris Néry, Ahmed Kantari, Eloge Enza-Yamissi, Adrien Tamèze, Angelo Fulgini, Sébastien Roudet, Sigamary Diarra, Nuno da Costa
Sochaux line-up (4-5-1)
Maxence Prévot, Mickaël Alphonse, Florent Ogier, Jérôme Onguene, Pierre Gibaud, Florin Berenguer, Johann Ramare, Marco Ilaimaharitra, Florian Tardieu, Franck Honorat, Faneva Imà Andriatsima