Match Report
The table gap was wide: 45 points between Auxerre (1st, 74 pts) and Valenciennes (20th, 29 pts). On the form table Valenciennes stood 2nd over the last five rounds, despite being 20th overall. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Auxerre ran at 1.89 scored and 0.95 conceded, Valenciennes at 0.68 and 1.42.
Auxerre carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Auxerre have 3 wins to Valenciennes's 2, with 3 draws, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 38% of the wins in this fixture.
The match was played at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in Auxerre (capacity 23,467). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.