Match Report
Angers SCO II, 10th with 27 points, sat 22 points above Mantes 78 (16th, 5). Mantes 78 had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Mantes 78 were scoring 0.33 and conceding 1.62, Angers SCO II 1 and 0.9, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Mantes 78 had been beaten in three straight games. Momentum sat with Angers SCO II, winners of their last three. Mantes 78 had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Angers SCO II, 12.
The venue was Stade Aimé Bergeal in Mantes-la-Ville, with room for 5,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Angers SCO II led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-2.