Week 38 brings us a match on May 14th, where Valenciennes will travel to Niort to battle Niort in a Ligue 2 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. 10th placed Niort is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Pau. Moataz Zemzemi struck first for Niort in the 8th minute, then Samuel Essende tied it up for Pau in the 16th minute . Niort is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Valenciennes recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Sochaux. Ugo Bonnet struck first for Valenciennes in the 50th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sochaux was frustrated by Valenciennes’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Valenciennes ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Valenciennes and Niort battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Valenciennes nor Niort could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Hamache and Ugo Bonnet are the top scorers for Valenciennes in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Both Mendes and Bilal Boutobba have been the hottest scorers for Niort in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.