Match Report
24 points separated the sides: Red Star 1st on 65, Villefranche 13th on 41. The last five rounds placed Red Star no better than 17th for form, against 1st in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Villefranche 1.06 scored and 1.26 conceded per game, Red Star 1.62 and 1, with the league averaging 1.27.
Villefranche arrived off four straight defeats. The five-game form split read 1/15 points for Villefranche against 8/15 for Red Star.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Villefranche 1, draws 2, Red Star 1, at 2.5 goals per meeting.
Stade Armand Chouffet in Villefranche-sur-Saône, capacity 3,200, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Red Star led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.




