Troyes 2-0 Valenciennes: result and report
Ligue 2 · Friday 4 November 2016
Result
Troyes 2-0 Valenciennes
Ligue 2 · Friday 4 November 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Troyes 2-0 Valenciennes: match report
Troyes won against Valenciennes 2-0 in Ligue 2 on Friday 4 November 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Chaouki Ben Saada opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Troyes's goals came from Chaouki Ben Saada (14') and A. Niané (52'). Valenciennes did not score.
Discipline: Troyes received 2 yellow cards; Valenciennes received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Troyes were 4th on 22 points from 13 and Valenciennes 10th on 17 points from 13. Troyes went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Valenciennes 13th with 45.
Troyes 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 Benjamin Nivet of Troyes (8.5), ahead of Loïc Nestor (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Troyes wins, 2 draws and 4 for Valenciennes.
Going into the match Troyes's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Valenciennes's L-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Christophe Hérelle
- 14'Goal · Chaouki Ben Saada
- 35'Yellow card · Karim Azamoum
- 52'Goal · A. Niané
- 56'Yellow card · Eloge Enza Yamissi
Head-to-head
Team news
Troyes line-up (4-1-4-1)
Mamadou Samassa, Jérémy Cordoval, C. Hérelle, Charles Traoré, Jimmy Giraudon, Karim Azamoum, Stéphane Darbion, Benjamin Nivet, Chaouki Ben Saada, Samuel Grandsir, Adama Niane
Valenciennes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Damien Perquis, Loïc Nestor, Loris Néry, Saliou Ciss, Ahmed Kantari, Eloge Enza-Yamissi, Adrien Tamèze, Sébastien Roudet, Sigamary Diarra, Andy Faustin, Nuno da Costa