Match Report
The table gap was wide: 30 points between Paris (5th, 59 pts) and Valenciennes (20th, 29 pts). Recent form flatters Valenciennes's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 20th.
Paris were unbeaten in 10. Valenciennes had lost five in a row. From the last five rounds, Paris held 13 points of 15 and Valenciennes 0.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for Paris, 2 for Valenciennes and 1 drawn, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host.
M. Leleu officiated: 84 games logged, averaging 1.3 yellow cards each. The venue was Stade Sébastien-Charléty in Paris, with room for 20,000 spectators. Paris led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-1.