Match Report
Guingamp, 9th with 51 points, sat 22 points above Valenciennes (20th, 29). Valenciennes had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Guingamp 1.16 scored and 1.05 conceded per game, Valenciennes 0.68 and 1.42, with the league averaging 1.23.
Valenciennes had drawn their last three.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Guingamp, 3 draws and 0 for Valenciennes, at 0.75 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 0% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stade du Roudourou in Guingamp (capacity 5,820). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Guingamp led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-0.