Valenciennes 3-4 Paris Saint Germain: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 6 May 2012
Result
Valenciennes 3-4 Paris Saint Germain
Ligue 1 · Sunday 6 May 2012, 19:15 UTC · half-time 2-3
Valenciennes 3-4 Paris Saint Germain: match report
Valenciennes lost to Paris Saint Germain 3-4 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 6 May 2012. The half-time score was 2-3.
Vincent Aboubakar opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Vincent Aboubakar (8'), Rémi Gomis (11') and Renaud Cohade (80'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Nenê (15'), Maxwell (40'), Blaise Matuidi (45') and Jérémy Ménez (58').
Discipline: Valenciennes received 1 yellow card; Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 12th on 40 points from 35 and Paris Saint Germain 2nd on 70 points from 35. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Paris Saint Germain 2nd with 79.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valenciennes wins, 4 draws and 4 for Paris Saint Germain.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Paris Saint Germain's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Vincent Aboubakar
- 11'Goal · Rémi Gomis
- 15'Goal · Nenê
- 16'Yellow card · Nenê
- 32'Yellow card · R. Mater
- 36'Yellow card · Jérémy Ménez
- 40'Goal · Maxwell
- 45'Goal · Blaise Matuidi
- 58'Goal · Jérémy Ménez
- 80'Goal · Renaud Cohade
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-1-4-1)
Nicolas Penneteau, Gil, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Rudy Mater, Carlos Sánchez, Remi Gomis, Foued Kadir, Renaud Cohade, Gaël Danic, Vincent Aboubakar, Gaëtan Bong
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-1-4-1)
Salvatore Sirigu, Alex, Maxwell, Christophe Jallet, Nenê, Mohamed Sissoko, Javier Pastore, Jérémy Ménez, Zoumana Camara, Blaise Matuidi, Thiago Motta