French Ligue 2

FT Monday, January 18, 2016
Metz LLLLW 1
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Valenciennes WLDLD 2
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METZ101
VAFC112
Stade du Hainaut

Match Report

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Head to Head

METZ leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

VAFC

  1. 16Damien PerquisG
  2. 33Emmanuel NtimD
  3. 15Moussa NiakhatéD
  4. 20Yunis AbdelhamidD
  5. 2Baptiste AloéD
  6. 13Angelo FulginiM
  7. 23Sekou BaradjiM
  8. 3Éloge Enza-YamissiM
  9. 11Sigamary DiarraF
  10. 18Isaac MbenzaF
  11. 32Nuno da CostaF

Substitutes

  1. 6Abdoul Aziz KaboréSUB
  2. 35Gaëtan Missi MezuSUB
  3. 8Loïc NestorSUB
  4. 36Ismaël HaddouSUB
  5. 30Paul CharruauSUB

METZ

  1. 40Thomas DidillonG
  2. 15Romain MétanireD
  3. 32Tiago GomesD
  4. 3Jonathan RivierezD
  5. 5Guido MilánD
  6. 11Samy KehliM
  7. 29Sergei KrivetsM
  8. 28Janis IkaunieksM
  9. 14Georges MandjeckM
  10. 6Ferjani SassiM
  11. 23Yeni N'GbakotoF

Substitutes

  1. 26André SantosSUB
  2. 34Abdoul-Moustapha KaboreSUB
  3. 2Fadil SidoSUB
  4. 30David OberhauserSUB
  5. 20Nuno ReisSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Yeni N'Gbakoto (Metz) Goal at 35'
  2. 37' Sigamary Diarra (Valenciennes) Goal at 37'
  3. 58' Georges Mandjeck (Metz) Yellow Card at 58'
  4. 60' Abdoul-Moustapha Kabore (Metz) Substitution at 60'
  5. 60' Sigamary Diarra (Valenciennes) Yellow Card at 60'
  6. 61' Loïc Nestor (Valenciennes) Substitution at 61'
  7. 64' Fadil Sido (Metz) Substitution at 64'
  8. 76' André Santos (Metz) Substitution at 76'
  9. 81' Sigamary Diarra (Valenciennes) Goal at 81'
  10. 89' Gaëtan Missi Mezu (Valenciennes) Substitution at 89'
  11. 90' Abdoul Aziz Kaboré (Valenciennes) Substitution at 90'

Ligue 2 News

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