The northerners will confront the Raf at Paul-Lignon, on Saturday 10 September at 7 pm, on the occasion of the eighth day of Ligue 2.
A transfer window lively right up until the stop
A bit like Rodez, Valenciennes have been quite lively on the summer months sector, equally in conditions of arrivals and departures. Following shedding various factors, together with some homeowners (such as Lucas Chevalier, Ismaël Doukouré, Emmanuel Ntim or even Basptiste Guillaume), the Hainaut club remained energetic right up until the conclude, recruiting a few players in the course of the remaining working day, Thursday 1 September. Central defender Jonathan Buatu (ex Saint-Trond), striker Landry Lomel (ex Concarneau) and attacking midfielder Jason Berthomier (ex Clermont) could also make their debut with the new colours at Paul-Lignon.
A newbie mentor
The off-period changes weren’t just for the players. Also on the bench Valenciennes is between the 9. A forced modify thanks to the departure of Christophe Delmotte, who selected to be a part of Metz, exactly where he is Laszlo Boloni’s deputy. The technician in charge during past period, in area of Olivier Guégan, who landed in November, experienced nevertheless carried out the maintenance mission (16th at the conclusion) and experienced even prolonged the lease settlement till 2027 with the club of the North.
To change him, the management of Valenciennes has guess on a rookie: Nicolas Rabuel. Existing in the club given that 2013, as a youth coach or assistant on the team of the first staff, the 44-year-outdated mentor is owning his initial expertise at the helm of a skilled workforce. Nonetheless, he had led the Valenciennes team throughout two meetings in 2016 for the benefit of an interim, after the dismissal of David Le Frapper.
An attention-grabbing start off to the period
Irrespective of many summer modifications, Valenciennes managed to commence the time effectively. Just before moving to Aveyron, Joffrey Cuffaut and his teammates are in sixth position in the standings with 13 details, after possessing presently confronted the three relegated from Ligue 1. They even stay on two wins, in Niort (1-) and against Nîmes ( 3-2), a match in the course of which the previous Ruthénois Ugo Bonnet opened his counterattack.
A winning opponent in Rodez
Since Raf’s increase to Ligue 2 in 2019, Valenciennes have been a single of his most successful opponents. Due to the fact the defeat at the Hainaut stadium (1-), in August 2019, the blood and gold have remained in point five online games without having defeat in opposition to the northerners (2 wins, 3 draws).
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