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 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.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Loïc Nestor
- 25'Yellow card · Yann Boé-Kane
- 27'Yellow card · Ghislain Gimbert
- 34'Goal · Riad Nouri
- 39'Yellow card · Johan Cavalli
- 55'Goal · J. Choplin
- 65'Yellow card · E. Dabo
- 70'Yellow card · F. Raspentino
- 73'Goal · Riad Nouri
Head-to-head
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