Valenciennes 2-1 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 8 March 2014
Result
Valenciennes 2-1 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 8 March 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valenciennes 2-1 Rennes: match report
Valenciennes defeated Rennes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 8 March 2014. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Hiroki Shibuya opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from M. Dossevi (54') and A. Waris (77'). Rennes scored through Hiroki Shibuya (49').
Discipline: Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards; Rennes received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 19th on 20 points from 27 and Rennes 16th on 29 points from 27. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 19th with 29 points, and Rennes 11th with 47.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rennes in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Valenciennes wins, 2 draws and 3 for Rennes.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Rennes's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 49'Goal · Hiroki Shibuya
- 50'Yellow card · Romain Danzé
- 54'Goal · M. Dossevi
- 58'Yellow card · Loris Néry
- 61'Yellow card · Cheikh M'Bengue
- 75'Red card · Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
- 77'Missed penalty · A. Waris
- 77'Goal · A. Waris
- 85'Yellow card · Hiroki Shibuya
- 90+3'Yellow card · Kamil Grosicki
- 90+3'Yellow card · R. Mater
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-4-2)
Magno Novaes, Arthur Masuaku, Loris Néry, Saliou Ciss, Gary Kagelmacher, Rudy Mater, Tongo Doumbia, Matthieu Dossevi, Marco Da Silva, Gregory Pujol, Paul Butler
Rennes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Benoît Costil, Cheikh M'Bengue, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, Sylvain Armand, Romain Danzé, Kamil Grosicki, Foued Kadir, Jean Makoun, Morten Konradsen, Ola Toivonen, Romain Alessandrini