In a mid week match on Tuesday Mar 15th, in week 29, Valenciennes and Caen will play a match in Valenciennes in a Ligue 2 match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Valenciennes sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Bastia. Ugo Bonnet struck first for Valenciennes in the 11th minute, but Yacoub Aly Abeid got the equalizer for Bastia on an own goal in the 20th minute earning Bastia at least a draw. Valenciennes is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Caen, recorded a 0-1 loss against Dijon. Mickaël Le Bihan struck first for Dijon in the 37th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Caen couldn’t manage to score, and Dijon took the shutout win. Caen is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sat Oct 2nd, Valenciennes took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Ali Abdi struck first for Valenciennes on an own goal in the 16th minute, then Gaëtan Robail added another in the 29th minute on a feed from Floyd Ayité.
Both Alexandre Mendy and Nuno Da Costa have been the hottest scorers for Caen in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Valenciennes’s most prolific scorer has been Ugo Bonnet. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.