Olympique Marseille 1-1 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 18 February 2012

Result

Olympique Marseille 1-1 Valenciennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 18 February 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Olympique Marseille · Valenciennes · Ligue 1 predictions

Olympique Marseille 1-1 Valenciennes: match report

Olympique Marseille drew with Valenciennes 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 18 February 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Alou Diarra opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Olympique Marseille's goal came from Alou Diarra (16'). Valenciennes scored through Gil (51').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card; Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 6th on 38 points from 22 and Valenciennes 12th on 26 points from 23. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 10th with 48 points, and Valenciennes 12th with 43.

Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valenciennes in a 4-1-4-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Alou DiarraOlympique Marseille · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Rafael SchmitzValenciennes
  • 51'Goal · GilValenciennes · 1-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Carlos SánchezValenciennes
  • 66'Yellow card · Nicolas N'KoulouOlympique Marseille
  • 85'Yellow card · José SaezValenciennes

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Marseille 3, draws 4, Valenciennes 3.

Team news

Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)

Steve Mandanda, Nicolas N'Koulou, Djimi Traoré, Souleymane Diawara, Rod Fanni, Charles Kabore, Morgan Amalfitano, Mathieu Valbuena, André Ayew, Jordan Ayew, Alou Diarra

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

Nicolas Penneteau, Gil, Rafael Schmitz, Rudy Mater, Carlos Sánchez, Foued Kadir, Pape Abdou Camara, Renaud Cohade, Gaël Danic, Vincent Aboubakar, Gaëtan Bong