Valenciennes 3-1 Caen: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 20 May 2012

Result

Valenciennes 3-1 Caen

Ligue 1 · Sunday 20 May 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Valenciennes · Caen · Ligue 1 predictions

Valenciennes 3-1 Caen: match report

Valenciennes won against Caen 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 20 May 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Vincent Aboubakar opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Vincent Aboubakar (36'), Gaël Danic (68', penalty) and Renaud Cohade (86'). Caen scored through Benjamin Nivet (77').

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

Going into the game Valenciennes were 12th on 40 points from 37 and Caen 17th on 38 points from 37. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Caen 18th with 38.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valenciennes wins, 1 draw and 3 for Caen.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Frédéric BulotCaen
  • 36'Goal · Vincent AboubakarValenciennes · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Thomas HeurtauxCaen
  • 68'Penalty goal · Gaël DanicValenciennes · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · L. NababCaen
  • 77'Goal · Benjamin NivetCaen · 2-1
  • 86'Goal · Renaud CohadeValenciennes · 3-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Vincent AboubakarValenciennes

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Valenciennes 3, draws 1, Caen 3.

Team news

Valenciennes line-up (4-3-3)

Nicolas Penneteau, Gil, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Rudy Mater, Carlos Sánchez, Remi Gomis, Foued Kadir, Renaud Cohade, Gaël Danic, Vincent Aboubakar, Gaëtan Bong

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

Alexis Thébaux, Thomas Heurtaux, Aurelien Montaroup, Jerry Vandam, Jérémy Sorbon, Benjamin Nivet, Grégory Proment, Frédéric Bulot, M'Baye Niang, Livio Nabab, Kandia Traoré