Valenciennes FC (home)
- Valenciennes FC have won 7, drawn 1 and lost 7 of 15 home National 2025/2026 matches, averaging 1.13 goals scored and conceded per match.
- Valenciennes sit 10th in the National 2025-2026 table with 36 points from 31 matches while Chateauroux are six places and seven points behind in 16th.
- Pierre Blois’ Valenciennes FC have an all-action, all-over-the-place 3-4-3 formation that overloaded the wide areas and played with patience in the build-up phase from mid-February 2026 onwards.
Chateauroux (away)
- Chateauroux have won 3, drawn 8 and lost 4 of 15 away National matches this season, conceding 20 goals, an average of 1.33 per match.
- Chateauroux have two wins and three defeats from their last five matches, but they have won back-to-back games going into this contest - against Dijon at home and Sochaux on the road.
- Loick Piquionne, their main marksman with six goals in 17 National appearances in 2025/26, looks to have found form at the right time for the club.
Head-to-Head
- Valenciennes FC have won two of the last three head-to-head meetings between the teams, but the most recent, at Chateauroux, finished 0-0.
- They have never won away at Valenciennes in recent history and have failed to take a win in the last three meetings between the clubs.
Key Players
- Loick Piquionne, their main marksman with six goals in 17 National appearances in 2025/26, looks to have found form at the right time for the club.
- Gaetan Courtet is the club’s key goal threat with six in 25 appearances in the National 2025/2026, but he is likely to need a bit of luck to get on the scoresheet as Chateauroux will sit deep and hope to catch Valenciennes on a bad day.
Betting Insights
A Valenciennes win looks the most probable outcome to this match with odds of 1.59 for both teams to score and 2.28 for under 2.5 goals looking attractive for a close contest in which both sides will get on the board.
Prediction
Valenciennes FC are the most likely to edge this one with home field advantage and a slight edge in recent head-to-heads , but Chateauroux will be well up for the game having taken one defeat and one victory from their last two away matches.
