Valenciennes 3-1 Monaco: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 13 December 2008
Result
Valenciennes 3-1 Monaco
Ligue 1 · Saturday 13 December 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Valenciennes 3-1 Monaco: match report
Valenciennes defeated Monaco 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 13 December 2008. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Juan Pablo Pino opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Carlos Sánchez (28'), Djamel Belmadi (41') and Grégory Pujol (59'). Monaco scored through Juan Pablo Pino (23').
Discipline: Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards; Monaco received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 20th on 11 points from 17 and Monaco 10th on 23 points from 17. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Monaco 11th with 45.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Monaco in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valenciennes win, 2 draws and 1 for Monaco.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read L-D-D-L-L and Monaco's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Siaka Tiéné
- 23'Goal · Juan Pablo Pino
- 28'Goal · Carlos Sánchez
- 36'Yellow card · Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso
- 41'Goal · Djamel Belmadi
- 59'Goal · Grégory Pujol
- 70'Yellow card · Leandro Cufré
- 84'Yellow card · J. Leko
- 86'Second yellow · J. Leko
- 86'Yellow card · Rafael Schmitz
- 90'Yellow card · Adriano Pereira
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes expected line-up (4-4-2)
Nicolas Penneteau, Guillaume Rippert, Mody Traoré, Carlos Sánchez, Sébastien Roudet, Johan Audel, Jeovânio, Steve Savidan, Éric Chelle, A. Ouaddou, Geoffrey Doumeng
Monaco expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stéphane Ruffier, Massamba Lô Sambou, Adriano Pereira, Fábio Santos, Jérémy Berthod, Nenê, Camel Meriem, Djamel Bakar, Leandro Cufré, Sylvain Derome Monsoreau, Jerko Leko