Paris 92 and HBC Toulon Women played out a 32-32 draw in the Ligue Butagaz Énergie on Thursday evening. The result keeps both teams sitting at opposite ends of the lower half, though with identical records after two rounds.
By then the standings tell the same story for both sides: two games, two draws, zero points separating them. To be fair, neither side has found a winning formula yet, and this result changes nothing in the table.
Paris 92 arrived after picking up two consecutive draws, including a narrow loss to Strasbourg and a heavier defeat at home to Metz. Toulon had been similarly inconsistent, drawing with Stella Sport Saint-Maur and then falling to Chambéry.
And here's the thing — we had backed the hosts at 54 per cent confidence. The match went another way entirely, with both sides trading blows until the final whistle. It wasn't a case of one team dominating; it was a game where neither could pull away.
The scoreline leaves both clubs level on two points, but in separate positions. Paris 92 sit twelfth, Toulon eleventh. One more round and the gap could widen, or both could find form together.