Match Report
The table gap was wide: 20 points between Orléans (6th, 51 pts) and Châteauroux (15th, 31 pts). Recent form flatters Châteauroux's table spot — 8th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 15th. Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, Orléans ran at 1.31 scored and 1.31 conceded, Châteauroux at 1.09 and 1.53.
Châteauroux had not won in 7 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 1 Orléans win, 4 for Châteauroux, 2 draws, at 2.43 goals per meeting.
With 80 matches recorded and 1.7 yellow cards per game, B. Lepaysant was the man in the middle. Stade de la Source, capacity 7,533, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Orléans: Florent Sanchez (16'), Florent Sanchez (67') · Châteauroux: Paul Wade (29'), Mehdi Beneddine (78')
Key stats
Possession: Orléans 51% · Châteauroux 49% · Total shots: 9-9 · On target: 5-6 · Corners: 3-2