Valenciennes 0-2 Metz: result and report
Ligue 2 · Monday 17 December 2018
Result
Valenciennes 0-2 Metz
Ligue 2 · Monday 17 December 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valenciennes 0-2 Metz: match report
Valenciennes lost to Metz 0-2 in Ligue 2 on Monday 17 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
Habib Diallo opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Valenciennes did not score. Metz scored through Habib Diallo (61', penalty) and F. Boulaya (76').
Discipline: Valenciennes received 1 yellow card; Metz received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 17th on 17 points from 17 and Metz 1st on 38 points from 17. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Metz 1st with 81.
Valenciennes lined up in a 5-4-1 and Metz in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John Boye of Metz (8.4), ahead of Habib Diallo (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valenciennes win, 1 draw and 2 for Metz.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read L-D-D-W-L and Metz's W-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 54'Yellow card · S. Roudet
- 57'Yellow card · Victorien Angban
- 61'Penalty goal · Habib Diallo
- 76'Goal · F. Boulaya
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (5-4-1)
Damien Perquis, Joffrey Cuffaut, Baptiste Aloé, Loïc Nestor, Ahmed Kantari, Laurent Dos Santos, Tony Mauricio, Gaëtan Arib, Johann Ramare, Sébastien Roudet, Sloan Privat
Metz line-up (4-3-3)
A. Oukidja, Iván Balliu, Stoppila Sunzu, John Boye, Thomas Delaine, Renaud Cohade, Mamadou Fofana, Victorien Angban, Marvin Gakpa, Habib Diallo, Opa Nguette