Valenciennes 2-2 Caen: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 28 October 2023

Result

Valenciennes 2-2 Caen

Ligue 2 · Saturday 28 October 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Valenciennes · Caen · Ligue 2 predictions

Valenciennes 2-2 Caen: match report

Valenciennes drew with Caen 2-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 28 October 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Makabi Lilepo opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Makabi Lilepo (8') and Ilyes Hamache (29'). Caen scored through Mickaël Le Bihan (87') and Ali Abdi (90+1').

Discipline: Valenciennes received no yellow cards; Caen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 18th on 8 points from 11 and Caen 11th on 14 points from 11. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 20th with 26 points, and Caen 6th with 58.

Valenciennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Caen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ilyes Hamache of Valenciennes (8.1), level with Alexandre Coeff (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Valenciennes wins, 1 draw and 3 for Caen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Makabi LilepoValenciennes · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Ilyes HamacheValenciennes · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Quentin DaubinCaen
  • 61'Yellow card · Emmanuel NtimCaen
  • 87'Goal · Mickaël Le BihanCaen · 2-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Ali AbdiCaen · 2-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Valenciennes 4, draws 1, Caen 3.

Team news

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

Jean Louchet, Allan Linguet, Jordan Poha, Buatu, Lucas Woudenberg, David Kruse, Sacha Bansé, Makabi Lilepo, Bruno Costa, Ilyes Hamache, Nick Venema

Caen line-up (4-4-2)

Anthony Mandréa, Alexandre Coeff, Emmanuel Ntim, Romain Thomas, Ali Abdi, Yoann Court, Brahim Traoré, Quentin Daubin, Godson Kyeremeh, Luis Díaz, Mickaël Le Bihan