Valenciennes 1-3 Niort: result and report
Ligue 2 · Friday 20 February 2015
Result
Valenciennes 1-3 Niort
Ligue 2 · Friday 20 February 2015, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Valenciennes 1-3 Niort: match report
Valenciennes were beaten by Niort 1-3 in Ligue 2 on Friday 20 February 2015. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Seydou Kone opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Valenciennes's goal came from Anthony Le Tallec (65', penalty). Niort scored through Seydou Kone (13'), Kévin Malcuit (42') and Seydou Kone (51').
Discipline: Valenciennes received no yellow cards; Niort received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 18th on 24 points from 24 and Niort 15th on 25 points from 24. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 17th with 43 points, and Niort 11th with 48.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Niort in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valenciennes wins, 0 draws and 1 for Niort.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read D-L-L-L-L and Niort's D-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Seydou Kone
- 42'Goal · Kévin Malcuit
- 51'Goal · Seydou Kone
- 62'Red card · P. Delecroix
- 65'Penalty goal · Anthony Le Tallec
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes expected line-up (4-4-2)
Adama Coulibaly, Yunis Abdelhamid, Saliou Ciss, Eloge Enza-Yamissi, Fabrice Abriel, Angelo Fulgini, Lucas Tousart, Rydell Poepon, Jean-Luc Dompé, Anthony Le Tallec
Niort expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Paul Delecroix, Quentin Bernard, Tristan Lahaye, Frédéric Bong, Florian Martin, Djiman Waidi Kokou, Jimmy Roye, Adama Ba, Mouhamadou Diaw, Seydou Kone