Grenoble Foot 38 4-2 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 14 September 2018

Result

Grenoble Foot 38 4-2 Valenciennes

Ligue 2 · Friday 14 September 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Grenoble Foot 38 · Valenciennes · Ligue 2 predictions

Grenoble Foot 38 4-2 Valenciennes: match report

Grenoble Foot 38 won against Valenciennes 4-2 in Ligue 2 on Friday 14 September 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Malek Chergui opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Grenoble Foot 38's goals came from Malek Chergui (22'), Florian Sotoca (45+2'), Nicolas Michel Taravel (60') and Florian Sotoca (86'). Valenciennes scored through Gaëtan Robail (43') and Joffrey Cuffaut (73').

Discipline: Grenoble Foot 38 received 1 yellow card; Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Grenoble Foot 38 were 11th on 8 points from 6 and Valenciennes 12th on 8 points from 6. Grenoble Foot 38 went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Valenciennes 13th with 43.

Grenoble Foot 38 lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Valenciennes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Sotoca of Grenoble Foot 38 (9.1), ahead of Youssouf M'Changama (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Grenoble Foot 38 wins, 2 draws and 2 for Valenciennes.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Steve AmbriValenciennes
  • 22'Goal · Malek CherguiGrenoble Foot 38 · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Gaëtan RobailValenciennes · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Francis DadyGrenoble Foot 38
  • 45+2'Goal · Florian SotocaGrenoble Foot 38 · 2-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Johann RamareValenciennes
  • 60'Goal · Nicolas Michel TaravelGrenoble Foot 38 · 3-1
  • 73'Goal · Joffrey CuffautValenciennes · 3-2
  • 86'Goal · Florian SotocaGrenoble Foot 38 · 4-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Grenoble Foot 38 0, draws 2, Valenciennes 2.

Team news

Grenoble Foot 38 line-up (4-1-4-1)

Brice Maubleu, Harouna Abou Demba, Pierre Gibaud, Éric Vandenabeele, Jérôme Mombris, Ryan Sanusi, Malek Chergui, Youssouf M'Changama, Jessy Benet, Arsène Elogo, Florian Sotoca

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

Damien Perquis, Joffrey Cuffaut, Elhadj Dabo, Loïc Nestor, Laurent Dos Santos, Johann Ramare, Julien Masson, Steve Ambri, Tony Mauricio, Gaëtan Robail, Mehdy Guezoui