Valenciennes 1-0 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 31 January 2009

Result

Valenciennes 1-0 Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 31 January 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Valenciennes · Nice · Ligue 1 predictions

Valenciennes 1-0 Nice: match report

Valenciennes defeated Nice 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 31 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Grégory Pujol of Valenciennes in the 78th minute.

Discipline: Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards; Nice received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 19th on 16 points from 20 and Nice 8th on 33 points from 20. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Nice 9th with 50.

Valenciennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nice in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valenciennes wins, 0 draws and 5 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · José SaezValenciennes
  • 43'Yellow card · Julien SabléNice
  • 48'Yellow card · R. MaterValenciennes
  • 62'Yellow card · Siaka TiénéValenciennes
  • 68'Yellow card · Habib BamogoNice
  • 78'Goal · Grégory PujolValenciennes · 1-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Valenciennes 0, draws 0, Nice 5.

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

Nice expected line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Cyril Rool, Drissa Diakite, Cedric Kante, Onyekachi Apam, David Hellebuyck, Florent Balmont, Ederson, Bakari Koné, Anthony Modeste, Olivier Echouafni