Match Report
Red Star, 1st with 65 points, sat 23 points above Châteauroux (12th, 42). Red Star's recent output lagged their position: 17th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Red Star 1.62 scored and 1 conceded per game, Châteauroux 1.21 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.27.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Red Star wins, 2 for Châteauroux, 0 draws, at 3.25 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Stade de Paris in Beauvais staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.