Match Report
Valenciennes II, 11th on 29 points, faced a 19-point deficit to US Chantilly (1st, 48). Valenciennes II ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: US Chantilly 1.81 scored and 1.04 conceded per game, Valenciennes II 1.31 and 1.62, with the league averaging 1.4.
US Chantilly carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this. Valenciennes II were winless in 8. Over the last five, US Chantilly had taken 13 of 15 points to Valenciennes II's 2.
The match was played at Stade des Bourgognes in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.