Match Report
Valenciennes (15th, 5 pts) visited Rouen (1st, 17 pts) with 12 points between them. Per game in the league, Rouen were scoring 1.86 and conceding 0.29, Valenciennes 1 and 1.71, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Rouen arrived on a run of three straight wins. Rouen had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Valenciennes, 5.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Rouen, 1 by Valenciennes, 3 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 0% of the wins in this fixture. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 80% of the meetings.
With 62 matches recorded and 0.2 yellow cards per game, J. Dasque was the man in the middle. Stade Robert Diochon staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,018. Rouen led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Rouen: Malik Tchokounté (45') · Valenciennes: Rayane Ekra (65')
Key stats
Possession: Rouen 55% · Valenciennes 45% · Total shots: 12-6 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 10-4