Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Auxerre 3rd with 74 points, Nancy 20th with 27, 47 apart. Nancy had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 14th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Per game in the league, Auxerre were scoring 1.61 and conceding 1.03, Nancy 0.86 and 1.86, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Auxerre, 3 draws and 4 for Nancy, at 2.44 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings.
The match was played at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in Auxerre (capacity 23,467). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.