Auxerre 2-0 Valenciennes: result and report
Ligue 2 · Friday 23 February 2018
Result
Auxerre 2-0 Valenciennes
Ligue 2 · Friday 23 February 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Auxerre 2-0 Valenciennes: match report
Auxerre defeated Valenciennes 2-0 in Ligue 2 on Friday 23 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Hamza Sakhi opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Auxerre's goals came from Hamza Sakhi (29') and M. Tacalfred (88'). Valenciennes did not score.
Discipline: Auxerre received 1 yellow card; Valenciennes received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Auxerre were 11th on 34 points from 26 and Valenciennes 13th on 33 points from 26. Auxerre went on to finish that season 11th with 47 points, and Valenciennes 13th with 45.
Auxerre lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valenciennes in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mickael Tacalfred of Auxerre (8.7), ahead of Hamza Sakhi (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Auxerre wins, 6 draws and 1 for Valenciennes.
Going into the match Auxerre's last five read W-D-W-D-W and Valenciennes's W-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Hamza Sakhi
- 85'Yellow card · Jordan Adéoti
- 87'Yellow card · L. Dos Santos
- 88'Goal · M. Tacalfred
Head-to-head
Team news
Auxerre line-up (4-2-3-1)
Zacharie Boucher, Carlens Arcus, Pierre-Yves Polomat, Abdoul Ba, Mickael Tacalfred, Ibrahim Sangaré, Jordan Adeoti, Birama Touré, Hamza Sakhi, Romain Philippoteaux, Mohamed Yattara
Valenciennes line-up (4-3-3)
Cyrille Merville, Baptiste Aloé, Sikou Niakaté, M. Tahrat, Laurent Dos Santos, Thiago Xavier, Julien Masson, Tony Mauricio, Gaëtan Robail, Jordan Tell, Sloan Privat