Rodés shared points with Po in Ligue 2's regular season round four on Friday evening. The hosts took an early lead through Ibrahím Balde before B. Leye pegged them back, and by the time the second half began the visitors had turned the match on its head. The final whistle brought a 2-2 scoreline that suited neither side, though Po's away form suggests they fancy their chances in this division.
Leye opened the scoring in the second minute, a sharp finish that caught Rodés before they could settle. Balde responded eleven minutes later, and for a stretch the hosts looked like they might manage the game. Leye restored Po's advantage just before half-time, and that double meant the visitors carried momentum into the break.
The second half saw Rodés throw bodies forward. Four substitutions came in quick succession around the sixty-fourth minute, and they tried to carve Po open with width, crossing more than forty times. Po's goalkeeper kept three saves, and when O. Joly found the net in the eighty-third minute the visitors had pushed for a winner they never quite reached.
Rodés dominated possession at fifty-eight per cent and registered ten shots, five on target. Po managed thirteen attempts but only two hit the target, yet they created two big chances compared to their hosts' one. The figures tell you the story: many shots with one goal means chances went begging, and Po gave up the ball and hit them on the break when they could.
The result leaves Rodés fourth with seven points from four games, while Po sit twelfth on four. Both sides had mixed recent results before this encounter, and the draw does little to shift anyone's position. The table goes out of the window in these games, but Po will take something from a point earned away from home.