Match Report
The table read 6th (Valenciennes II, 23 pts) against 12th (Le Portel, 15 pts), 8 points apart. Le Portel's recent output outran their position: 7th on form over five rounds, 12th in the table. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Valenciennes II ran at 1.24 scored and 1.24 conceded, Le Portel at 1.4 and 1.87.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Valenciennes II. Le Portel carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Valenciennes II, 9/15 for Le Portel.
Stade Centre Formation VAFC staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,500. On the scoreboard, Valenciennes II led 3-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 5-2.
Goal scorers
Valenciennes II: Ö. Şahan (86'), J. Lioka (1'), G. Hospital (16'), Ö. Şahan (27'), Hamidou Sene (55') · Le Portel: Gaetan Bultel (21'), T. Flahaut (69')