On Apr 9th, Valenciennes will travel to Auxerre to battle Auxerre in a meeting of these two Ligue 2 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 4th placed Auxerre is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bastia. Frank Magri struck first for Bastia in the 45th minute, then Mohamed Ben Fredj tied it up for Auxerre in the 90th minute on a feed from Mathias Autret squeezing out at least the one point for Auxerre. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Auxerre should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 15th placed Valenciennes, recorded a 0-2 loss against Amiens SC. Chadrac Akolo struck first for Amiens SC in the 29th minute on a feed from Arnaud Lusamba, then Chadrac Akolo added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Gene In the end, Valenciennes couldn’t muster any offence and Amiens SC ran away with the shutout win. Valenciennes is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 1st of November, Valenciennes hosted Auxerre at the Stade Du Hainaut in their last match together. Auxerre took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Hamache struck first for Valenciennes in the 48th minute on a feed from Abou Ouattara, then Lassine Sinayoko tied it up for Auxerre in the 50th minute on a feed from Gauthier Hein But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 64th minute on a goal by Gaëtan Perrin.
Valenciennes is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ugo Bonnet and Ntim each only have 1 goal in their last five. Auxerre’s most prolific scorer has been Gauthier Hein. He has netted three goals over the last five matches.