Valenciennes 2-1 Caen: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 October 2010

Result

Valenciennes 2-1 Caen

Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 October 2010, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Valenciennes 2-1 Caen: match report

Valenciennes defeated Caen 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 2 October 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Grégory Pujol opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Grégory Pujol (24') and M. Samassa (29'). Caen scored through Youssef El Arabi (71').

Discipline: Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards; Caen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 16th on 7 points from 7 and Caen 4th on 12 points from 7. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Caen 15th with 46.

Valenciennes lined up in a 4-5-1 and Caen in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Grégory PujolValenciennes · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · M. SamassaValenciennes · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · D. DucourtiouxValenciennes
  • 68'Yellow card · Rémi GomisValenciennes
  • 71'Goal · Youssef El ArabiCaen · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Dillon SheppardCaen
  • 88'Yellow card · Thomas HeurtauxCaen
  • 90'Yellow card · S. YatabaréCaen

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Valenciennes 2, draws 0, Caen 2.

Team news

Valenciennes line-up (4-5-1)

Nicolas Penneteau, Dianbobo Balde, Milan Biševac, Rudy Mater, Remi Gomis, José Saez, Renaud Cohade, Mamadou Samassa, Gregory Pujol, David Ducourtioux, Gaëtan Bong

Caen expected line-up (4-4-2)

Vincent Planté, Jérémy Sorbon, Cédric Hengbart, Reynald Lemaître, Grégory Leca, Yoan Gouffran, Grégory Proment, Benjamin Nivet, Remi Gomis, Nicolas Florentin