Valenciennes 3-5 Le Havre: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 8 May 2021

Result

Valenciennes 3-5 Le Havre

Ligue 2 · Saturday 8 May 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Valenciennes 3-5 Le Havre: match report

Valenciennes lost to Le Havre 3-5 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 8 May 2021. The half-time score was 1-3.

R. Basque opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from A. Boutoutaou (31'), Joffrey Cuffaut (53', penalty) and I. Macalou (89'). Le Havre scored through R. Basque (6', penalty), Jamal Thiaré (10'), Khalid Boutaïb (42'), R. Basque (65') and Mamadou Fofana (73').

Discipline: Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards; Le Havre received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 10th on 44 points from 35 and Le Havre 14th on 41 points from 36. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Le Havre 11th with 47.

Valenciennes lined up in a 5-3-2 and Le Havre in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Romain Basque of Le Havre (8.6), ahead of Quentin Cornette (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valenciennes wins, 1 draw and 1 for Le Havre.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Éric VandenabeeleValenciennes
  • 6'Penalty goal · R. BasqueLe Havre · 0-1
  • 10'Goal · Jamal ThiaréLe Havre · 0-2
  • 31'Goal · A. BoutoutaouValenciennes · 1-2
  • 42'Goal · Khalid BoutaïbLe Havre · 1-3
  • 44'Yellow card · I. DoukouréValenciennes
  • 53'Penalty goal · Joffrey CuffautValenciennes · 2-3
  • 65'Goal · R. BasqueLe Havre · 2-4
  • 66'Yellow card · E. NtimValenciennes
  • 73'Goal · Mamadou FofanaLe Havre · 2-5
  • 89'Goal · I. MacalouValenciennes · 3-5

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Valenciennes 2, draws 1, Le Havre 1.

Team news

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Valenciennes line-up (5-3-2)

Hillel Konaté, Allan Linguet, Emmanuel Ntim, Éric Vandenabeele, Ismaël Doukouré, Laurent Dos Santos, Aymen Boutoutaou, Noah Diliberto, Mathis Picouleau, Malek Chergui, Issouf Macalou

Le Havre line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mathieu Gorgelin, Woyo Coulibaly, Fernand Mayembo, Pierre Gibaud, Umut Meraş, Victor Lekhal, Romain Basque, Quentin Cornette, Abdoullah Ba, Jamal Thiaré, Khalid Boutaïb