Match Report
48 points for Béziers (6th), 51 for Andrézieux (4th): a 3-point gap. Andrézieux had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Béziers 1.5 scored and 1.13 conceded per game, Andrézieux 1.43 and 1, with the league averaging 1.14.
Andrézieux arrived on a run of three straight wins. From the last five rounds, Béziers held 5 points of 15 and Andrézieux 11.
The match was played at Stade de Sauclières in Beziers (capacity 12,000).