Ajaccio 3-1 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 28 September 2018

Result

Ajaccio 3-1 Valenciennes

Ligue 2 · Friday 28 September 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Ajaccio · Valenciennes · Ligue 2 predictions

Ajaccio 3-1 Valenciennes: match report

Ajaccio beat Valenciennes 3-1 in Ligue 2 on Friday 28 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Loïc Nestor opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Ajaccio's goals came from Riad Nouri (34'), J. Choplin (55') and Riad Nouri (73'). Valenciennes scored through Loïc Nestor (24').

Discipline: Ajaccio received 3 yellow cards; Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajaccio were 18th on 6 points from 8 and Valenciennes 10th on 11 points from 8. Ajaccio went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Valenciennes 13th with 43.

Ajaccio lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valenciennes in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Riad Nouri of Ajaccio (8.7), ahead of Jérémy Choplin (8.0).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Loïc NestorValenciennes · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Yann Boé-KaneAjaccio
  • 27'Yellow card · Ghislain GimbertAjaccio
  • 34'Goal · Riad NouriAjaccio · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Johan CavalliAjaccio
  • 55'Goal · J. ChoplinAjaccio · 2-1
  • 65'Yellow card · E. DaboValenciennes
  • 70'Yellow card · F. RaspentinoValenciennes
  • 73'Goal · Riad NouriAjaccio · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ajaccio 5, draws 2, Valenciennes 3.

Team news

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

Benjamin Leroy, Clément Michelin, Jérémy Choplin, Cédric Avinel, Manuel Cabit, Yann Boé-Kane, Mathieu Coutadeur, Riad Nouri, Johan Cavalli, Matteo Tramoni, Ghislain Gimbert

Valenciennes line-up (3-4-3)

Hillel Konaté, Elhadj Dabo, Ahmed Kantari, Baptiste Aloé, Joffrey Cuffaut, Loïc Nestor, Julien Masson, Laurent Dos Santos, Tony Mauricio, Florian Raspentino, Gaëtan Robail