Match Report
Saint-Étienne II went into the game 7th in the table on 37 points; Ain Sud sat 13th on 23 — a 14-point gap. Ain Sud had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 13th overall. Per game in the league, Saint-Étienne II were scoring 1.31 and conceding 1.19, Ain Sud 1.19 and 1.62, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Ain Sud had not won in 8 games.
Stade Aimé Jacquet in L'Etrat staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.