Valenciennes 3-1 Laval: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 3 February 2023

Result

Valenciennes 3-1 Laval

Ligue 2 · Friday 3 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Valenciennes · Laval · Ligue 2 predictions

Valenciennes 3-1 Laval: match report

Valenciennes won against Laval 3-1 in Ligue 2 on Friday 3 February 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Adrian Grbic opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Adrian Grbic (12', penalty), N. Diliberto (17') and Floyd Ayité (90+3'). Laval scored through Zakaria Naidji (82').

Discipline: Valenciennes received no yellow cards; Laval received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 15th on 26 points from 21 and Laval 12th on 27 points from 21. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 15th with 45 points, and Laval 14th with 46.

Valenciennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Laval in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adrian Grbic of Valenciennes (8.1), ahead of Noah Diliberto (8.0).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Penalty goal · Adrian GrbicValenciennes · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · R. DuterteLaval
  • 17'Goal · N. DilibertoValenciennes · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · D. SyllaLaval
  • 82'Goal · Zakaria NaidjiLaval · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Jimmy RoyeLaval
  • 90+3'Goal · Floyd AyitéValenciennes · 3-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Stefan Bajić, Allan Linguet, Buatu, Nassim Innocenti, Mathis Picouleau, Noah Diliberto, Mohamed Kaba, Jason Berthomier, Aymen Boutoutaou, Ilyes Hamache, Adrian Grbic

Laval line-up (5-3-2)

Alexis Sauvage, Dembo Sylla, Marvin Baudry, Yohan Tavares, Bryan Goncalves, Rémy Duterte, Kevin Tapoko, Sam Sanna, Jimmy Roye, Geoffray Durbant, Kader N'Chobi