Valenciennes 2-0 Laval: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 26 August 2016

Result

Valenciennes 2-0 Laval

Ligue 2 · Friday 26 August 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Valenciennes · Laval · Ligue 2 predictions

Valenciennes 2-0 Laval: match report

Valenciennes won against Laval 2-0 in Ligue 2 on Friday 26 August 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Nuno Da Costa opened the scoring in the 79th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Nuno Da Costa (79') and Saliou Ciss (90+5'). Laval did not score.

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

Going into the game Valenciennes were 11th on 5 points from 4 and Laval 17th on 2 points from 4. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Laval 20th with 30.

Valenciennes lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Laval in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Saliou Ciss of Valenciennes (9.0), ahead of Mathieu Coutadeur (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valenciennes win, 1 draw and 0 for Laval.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Nuno Da CostaValenciennes
  • 63'Yellow card · Clarck N'SikuluLaval
  • 77'Yellow card · Moussa NiakhatéValenciennes
  • 79'Goal · Nuno Da CostaValenciennes · 1-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Loris NéryValenciennes
  • 90+5'Goal · Saliou CissValenciennes · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Valenciennes 1, draws 1, Laval 0.

Team news

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

Damien Perquis, Loïc Nestor, Moussa Niakhaté, Ahmed Kantari, Eloge Enza-Yamissi, Adrien Tamèze, Loris Néry, Saliou Ciss, Angelo Fulgini, Sébastien Roudet, Nuno da Costa

Laval line-up (4-3-3)

Maxime Hautbois, Kevin Perrot, Kévin Afougou Jouanneau, Nordi Mukiele, Erwan Quintin, Mathieu Coutadeur, Adrien Monfray, Hassane Alla, Clarck N'Sikulu, César Zeoula, Seydou Kone