VALENCIENNES, France (Interstat) — Valenciennes defeated Le Puy Foot 43 2-1 in a Ligue 3 match Saturday at Stade du Hainaut. Junior Ndiaye gave Valenciennes a 24th-minute lead. Antoine Gauthier equalized for Le Puy Foot 43 in the 44th minute, but the visitors could not find a second goal. Dayann Linyon, a Valenciennes defender, scored the decisive goal in the 88th minute and posted a statline of seven minutes and one goal. Valenciennes is now 2-4-2 in Ligue 3 and 4-6-2 across all competitions. Le Puy Foot 43 is 3-4-1 in Ligue 3 and 3-4-1 overall. Yellow cards went to Valenciennes’ Thibault Maréchal in the 58th minute, Mabrouk Rouai in the 83rd and Maël Zogba in the 90+2nd. The match was organized by Ligue 3 in France. Valenciennes next travels to Versailles in Ligue 3, while Le Puy Foot 43 next hosts Thionville.