Match Report
Toulon, 12th on 34 points, faced a 26-point deficit to Cannes (1st, 60). Toulon had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Against a league average of 1.31 goals per team per game, Toulon ran at 1.27 scored and 1.57 conceded, Cannes at 1.77 and 1.
Defeat had not touched Cannes in 12 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Toulon against 11/15 for Cannes.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 0 Toulon wins, 3 for Cannes, 3 draws, at 1.83 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Stade de Bon-Rencontre, capacity 8,200, hosted the game. Toulon led 3-2 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 4-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Toulon: Thibault Vialla (5'), Abdelkrim Khaled (14'), Abdoulaye Diallo (34'), Evan Gafour (78') · Cannes: Malhory Noc (24'), Raphael Gerbeaud (26')
Key stats
Corners: 1-4