Rouen host Bourg-en-bresse 01 in the French National. Rouen have been winning regularly this season, while Bourg-en-bresse have struggled to find any consistency at all.
These two sides met back in March, and that game went the way of the visitors on the day. It's a reminder that this fixture hasn't always followed the form book, even with the gap that's since opened up between them.
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Recent form
Rouen's last twenty matches across all competitions show nine wins, six draws and just five defeats, scoring 27 goals and conceding 17. That covers league games, a Ligue 2 spell and a few friendlies, so it's a broad snapshot rather than a pure current-season league run, but it still points to a side that rarely loses.
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Rouen: 20 completed matches; Bourg-en-bresse 01: 20 completed matches.
Rouen
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 25% 5 / 20
- Scored
- 27
- Conceded
- 17
- Difference
- +10
Bourg-en-bresse 01
- Win
- 25% 5 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 55% 11 / 20
- Scored
- 14
- Conceded
- 27
- Difference
- -13
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 3 | Caen | Rouen | 24.09.2026 | 3-2 |
| Ligue 3 | Rouen | Aubagne | 19.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Ligue 3 | Thionville Lusitanos | Rouen | 12.09.2026 | 0-4 |
| Ligue 3 | Rouen | Valenciennes | 03.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Villefranche | Rouen | 29.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Ligue 3 | Rouen | Quevilly | 20.08.2026 | 3-0 |
| Ligue 3 | Orleans | Rouen | 14.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Ligue 3 | Rouen | Cannes | 07.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Rouen | Al Wakrah | 28.07.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Boulogne | Rouen | 25.07.2026 | 0-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Concarneau | 26.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Gobelins | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 19.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Bastia | 12.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Caen | 05.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Ligue 3 | Aubagne | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 29.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Thionville Lusitanos | 20.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Ligue 3 | Valenciennes | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 14.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Villefranche | 07.08.2026 | 3-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Dijon | 22.07.2026 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Grenoble | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 11.07.2026 | 0-0 |
Bourg-en-bresse's equivalent sample makes for tougher reading: five wins, four draws and eleven losses, with 28 goals conceded against just 15 scored. They've shipped goals regularly, and this fixture takes them away from home again.
That leaky record on the road looks like the bigger worry for Bourg-en-bresse than their lack of goals.
Comparative Team Statistics: Rouen vs Bourg-en-bresse 01

Head-to-head
There are six recorded meetings between these clubs, though the oldest pair date back to 2012 and 2013 and tell us little about the current squads. Of the four more recent games, Rouen won three, including a 1-0 home win last September.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Rouen | 06.03.2026 | 3-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Rouen | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 26.09.2025 | 1-0 |
| Ligue 3 | Rouen | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 12.04.2025 | 2-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Rouen | 22.11.2024 | 0-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Rouen | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 09.02.2013 | 1-0 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Rouen | 31.08.2012 | 0-2 |
The most recent meeting, in March this year, broke that pattern: Bourg-en-bresse won 3-1 at Rouen's ground. It's a sign this fixture hasn't always gone with recent form, even if Rouen have had the upper hand overall.
Bourg-en-bresse have shown they can trouble Rouen even during a poor run.
Where they sit in the table
Rouen are top with 17 points from eight games, built on five wins, two draws and just one defeat. Bourg-en-bresse are down in 17th with only four points from seven matches, having won just once.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Roche VF | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12/7 | 18 |
| 2 | Rouen | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15/5 | 17 |
| 3 | Caen | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15/9 | 15 |
| 16 | Aubagne | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5/9 | 7 |
| 17 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5/13 | 5 |
| 18 | Villefranche | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7/19 | 4 |
That gap in the table, roughly thirteen points and sixteen places, is about as wide as it gets, and it lines up with what both sides have been showing in their broader form.
That gap makes Rouen clear favourites on paper.

One name worth watching
Bourg-en-bresse midfielder M. Guel has picked up four yellow cards in fifteen appearances this season. That doesn't confirm he's suspended or unavailable here, but it's a pattern worth keeping in mind given how disciplined his side will need to be against a team that's been scoring freely at home.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formose Mendy | Guinea-Bissau | 32 | Defender | 185 | 80 |
| C. Abi | France | 26 | Attacker | 189 | 88 |
| Kenny Rocha Santos | Cape Verde | 26 | Midfielder | 174 | 68 |
| M. Benzia | France | 36 | Midfielder | 184 | n/a |
| N. Titebah | France | 28 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Mbock | France | 26 | Attacker | 174 | 67 |
| O. Bezzekhami | France | 30 | Midfielder | 172 | n/a |
| I. Seydi | Senegal | 28 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. Ba-Sy | France | 25 | Attacker | 191 | 83 |
| R. Gerbeaud | France | 26 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| V. Fuss | France | 26 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| N. Ndeke | France | 23 | Attacker | 169 | n/a |
| G. Egny | France | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Antonin Cartillier | France | 22 | Defender | 176 | n/a |
| M. Borne | France | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| A. Temperton | France | 28 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| S. Faye | Senegal | 22 | Attacker | 186 | 83 |
| E. Genton | France | 20 | Midfielder | 188 | n/a |
| V. Tilliez | France | 22 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| A. Touré | Côte d'Ivoire | 21 | Midfielder | 180 | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Guel | Côte d'Ivoire | 27 | Attacker | 172 | 80 |
| N. Vitré | France | 28 | Defender | 182 | 78 |
| Q. Lacour | France | 33 | Defender | 193 | 78 |
| F. Kembolo | France | 35 | Midfielder | 166 | 65 |
| M. Magassouba | France | 31 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| R. Laspalles | France | 29 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Z. Souleymane | Niger | 31 | Defender | 185 | 75 |
| A. Pembélé | France | 26 | Defender | 180 | 70 |
| B. Besic | France | 24 | Attacker | 180 | 77 |
| S. Cissé | France | 23 | Attacker | 174 | 65 |
| M. Bodmer | France | 22 | Midfielder | 179 | 70 |
| Kelvin Patrick | Cape Verde | 26 | Midfielder | 187 | n/a |
| D. Banzouzi | France | 22 | Attacker | 188 | n/a |
| R. Slimani | France | 23 | Midfielder | 174 | 63 |
| A. Do Marcolino | France | 20 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| M. Boumaaoui | France | 22 | Attacker | 187 | n/a |
| F. Mecheri | France | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| M. Conté | France | 22 | Defender | 193 | n/a |
| A. Mazuy | France | 24 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| B. Tankiev | France | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
With no market supplied for this fixture, there's nothing here to grade a selection against. Rouen's league position and recent output support them as clear favourites, but Bourg-en-bresse's win in the last head-to-head is a reminder that this game can be closer than the table suggests.
Without a price or line to weigh up, we're passing on this one rather than guessing at value.
