Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Angoulême (4th, 45 pts) and Stade Bordelais (14th, 29 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Stade Bordelais 1.07 scored and 1.6 conceded per game, Angoulême 0.93 and 0.63, with the league averaging 1.18.
Stade Bordelais had been beaten in four straight games. Angoulême had not lost in 5 games.
Stade Sainte-Germaine in Le-Bouscat staged the fixture, a ground that holds 100. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.


