In this week 28 match on the 12th of March, Valenciennes hosts Dijon at Stade Du Hainaut in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 2 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 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, then Yacoub Aly Abeid tied it up for Bastia on an own goal in the 20th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Bastia. Valenciennes is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Dijon is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Caen. 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 In the end, Caen was frustrated by Dijon’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Dijon ended the match with the shutout victory. Dijon is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade Gaston-gérard, Valenciennes was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Mathis Picouleau struck first for Valenciennes in the 45th minute on a feed from Kaba, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Dijon was frustrated by Valenciennes’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Valenciennes ended the match with the shutout victory.
Aurelien Scheidler and Mihai Alexandru Dobre are the top scorers for Dijon in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Ugo Bonnet has been the most prolific scorer on Valenciennes in his last five matches with 3 goals.