Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Le Havre 1st with 75 points, Annecy 17th with 45, 30 apart. Annecy had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.03/1.34 for Annecy and 1.21/0.5 for Le Havre (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.2.
Annecy were winless in 8. Defeat had not touched Le Havre in 15 games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Annecy against 11/15 for Le Havre.
Parc des Sports in Annecy, capacity 16,109, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.