Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Reims 11th with 51 points, Ajaccio 18th with 26, 25 apart. Ajaccio had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 13th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, Reims ran at 1.18 scored and 1.18 conceded, Ajaccio at 0.61 and 1.95.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Reims wins, 2 for Ajaccio, 1 draw, at 2.6 goals per meeting.
The referee was P. Gaillouste, with 87 matches in our database and 1.5 yellows per game on average. Stade Auguste-Delaune II in Reims staged the fixture, a ground that holds 21,029. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.