On Dec 11th, Valenciennes hosts Paris in a meeting of these two Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 14th placed Valenciennes is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Ajaccio. Neither Ajaccio nor Valenciennes could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 2 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Valenciennes is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Paris recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Bastia. Moustapha Name struck first for Paris in the 89th minute on a penalty shot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bastia couldn’t manage to score, and Paris took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Paris should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Paris is fortunate enough to have Moustapha Name in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Valenciennes’s most prolific scorer has been Hamache. The French attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.