| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | 15 | D3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6/15 | 4-5 |
| Rouen | 15 | D1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8/15 | 6-4 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | 17 | 38 | 40 | -18 | LLWDL | 16 | +1 |
| Rouen | 3 | 38 | 62 | 13 | DWWWW | 1 | +2 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2013-03-08
Rouen, 3rd with 62 points, sat 22 points above Paris (17th, 40). Per game in the league, Paris were scoring 1 and conceding 1.47, Rouen 1.32 and 0.97, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
Level finishes had become the habit for Paris: three in a row.
Stade Sébastien-Charléty in Paris, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
