Valenciennes 2-1 Sochaux: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 1 October 2022

Result

Valenciennes 2-1 Sochaux

Ligue 2 · Saturday 1 October 2022, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Valenciennes · Sochaux · Ligue 2 predictions

Valenciennes 2-1 Sochaux: match report

Valenciennes won against Sochaux 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 1 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-1.

Joffrey Cuffaut opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Joffrey Cuffaut (25', penalty) and N. Diliberto (58'). Sochaux scored through Aldo Kalulu (31').

Discipline: Valenciennes received 4 yellow cards; Sochaux received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 7th on 13 points from 9 and Sochaux 1st on 19 points from 9. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 15th with 45 points, and Sochaux 9th with 52.

Valenciennes lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sochaux in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gautier Larsonneur of Valenciennes (7.8), level with Noah Diliberto (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valenciennes wins, 5 draws and 2 for Sochaux.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · M. KabaValenciennes
  • 25'Penalty goal · Joffrey CuffautValenciennes · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Aldo KaluluSochaux · 1-1
  • 58'Goal · N. DilibertoValenciennes · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · M. PicouleauValenciennes
  • 70'Yellow card · Rassoul NdiayeSochaux
  • 72'Yellow card · N. InnocentiValenciennes
  • 89'Yellow card · M. Do CoutoSochaux
  • 90+4'Yellow card · N. DilibertoValenciennes

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valenciennes 3, draws 5, Sochaux 2.

Team news

Valenciennes line-up (4-3-1-2)

Gautier Larsonneur, Joffrey Cuffaut, Mattéo Rabuel, Buatu, Quentin Lecoeuche, Noah Diliberto, Mohamed Kaba, Mathis Picouleau, Jason Berthomier, Marius Noubissi, Ugo Bonnet

Sochaux line-up (4-1-4-1)

Maxence Prévot, Dale Pelayo, Ismaïl Aaneba, Saad Agouzoul, Abdallah N'Dour, Franck Kanouté, Tony Mauricio, Aldo Kalulu, Rassoul Ndiaye, Moussa Doumbia, Gaétan Weissbeck