Valenciennes 2-0 Troyes: result and report
Ligue 2 · Friday 7 April 2017
Result
Valenciennes 2-0 Troyes
Ligue 2 · Friday 7 April 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valenciennes 2-0 Troyes: match report
Valenciennes won against Troyes 2-0 in Ligue 2 on Friday 7 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
L. Mothiba opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Valenciennes's goals came from L. Mothiba (3') and Saliou Ciss (54'). Troyes did not score.
Discipline: Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards; Troyes received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valenciennes were 15th on 34 points from 31 and Troyes 4th on 50 points from 31. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Troyes 4th with 66.
Valenciennes lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Troyes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adrien Tamèze of Valenciennes (8.8), ahead of Mamadou Samassa (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Valenciennes wins, 2 draws and 1 for Troyes.
Going into the match Valenciennes's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Troyes's W-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · L. Mothiba
- 8'Yellow card · J. Martial
- 43'Yellow card · Adrien Tamèze
- 45+2'Yellow card · Stéphane Darbion
- 47'Yellow card · Baptiste Aloé
- 54'Goal · Saliou Ciss
- 62'Yellow card · Christophe Hérelle
- 79'Missed penalty · Nuno Da Costa
Head-to-head
Team news
Valenciennes line-up (4-3-1-2)
Damien Perquis, Baptiste Aloé, Moussa Niakhaté, Loris Néry, Ahmed Kantari, Adrien Tamèze, Angelo Fulgini, Sébastien Roudet, Saliou Ciss, Mouhamadou Lamine N'Dao, Lebo Mothiba
Troyes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mamadou Samassa, Jérémy Cordoval, Johan Martial, Charles Traoré, Jimmy Giraudon, Stéphane Darbion, Benjamin Nivet, Tristan Dingomé, Aloïs Confais, Samuel Grandsir, Adama Niane