Nîmes 1-0 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Nîmes 1-0 Valenciennes

Ligue 2 · Friday 30 March 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nîmes 1-0 Valenciennes: match report

Nîmes beat Valenciennes 1-0 in Ligue 2 on Friday 30 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from R. Alioui of Nîmes in the 20th minute.

Discipline: Nîmes received 1 yellow card; Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nîmes were 2nd on 58 points from 30 and Valenciennes 14th on 33 points from 29. Nîmes went on to finish that season 2nd with 73 points, and Valenciennes 13th with 45.

Nîmes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valenciennes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Baptiste Valette of Nîmes (8.2), ahead of Anthony Briançon (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Nîmes wins, 1 draw and 0 for Valenciennes.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · R. AliouiNîmes · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Johann RamareValenciennes
  • 53'Yellow card · Jordan TellValenciennes
  • 76'Yellow card · Umut BozokNîmes
  • 76'Yellow card · Lossémy KarabouéValenciennes

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Nîmes 6, draws 1, Valenciennes 0.

Team news

Nîmes line-up (4-4-2)

Baptiste Valette, Gaëtan Paquiez, Fethi Harek, Anthony Briançon, Sofiane Alakouch, Pierrick Valdivia, Téji Savanier, Renaud Ripart, Sada Thioub, Rachid Alioui, Umut Bozok

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

Damien Perquis, Loris Néry, Elhadj Dabo, Saliou Ciss, M. Tahrat, Johann Ramare, Gaëtan Robail, Jordan Tell, Julien Masson, Lossemy Karaboue, Sloan Privat