Caen 2-1 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 18 March 2023

Result

Caen 2-1 Valenciennes

Ligue 2 · Saturday 18 March 2023, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Caen · Valenciennes · Ligue 2 predictions

Caen 2-1 Valenciennes: match report

Caen beat Valenciennes 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 18 March 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Bilal Brahimi opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Caen's goals came from Bilal Brahimi (9') and Alexandre Mendy (77'). Valenciennes scored through Ugo Bonnet (30').

Discipline: Caen received 3 yellow cards; Valenciennes received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Caen were 7th on 40 points from 27 and Valenciennes 13th on 33 points from 27. Caen went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and Valenciennes 15th with 45.

Caen lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valenciennes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ugo Bonnet of Valenciennes (7.8), ahead of Alexandre Mendy (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Caen wins, 2 draws and 4 for Valenciennes.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Bilal BrahimiCaen · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Ugo BonnetValenciennes · 1-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Alexandre MendyCaen
  • 63'Yellow card · Hugo VandermerschCaen
  • 77'Goal · Alexandre MendyCaen · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · M. HafidCaen

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Caen 3, draws 2, Valenciennes 4.

Team news

Caen line-up (4-3-3)

Anthony Mandréa, Hugo Vandermersch, Ibrahim Cissé, Romain Thomas, Ali Abdi, Anton Salétros, Hianga'a Mbock, Bilal Brahimi, Yoann Court, Alexandre Mendy, Godson Kyeremeh

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

Stefan Bajić, Allan Linguet, Mathieu Debuchy, Buatu, Quentin Lecoeuche, Julien Masson, Noah Diliberto, Aymen Boutoutaou, Ugo Bonnet, Salim Ben Seghir, Adrian Grbic