Match Report
The table read 10th (Arles II, 36 pts) against 4th (ES Pennoise, 41 pts), 5 points apart. Arles II's recent output outran their position: 3rd on form over five rounds, 10th in the table. Against a league average of 1.41 goals per team per game, Arles II ran at 1.42 scored and 1.08 conceded, ES Pennoise at 1.31 and 1.23.
Momentum sat with Arles II, winners of their last three, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Defeat had not touched ES Pennoise in 9 games.
Stade Fernand Fournier in Arles staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,700. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.


