Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Aubagne (1st, 52 pts) and Chamalières (12th, 25 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Aubagne 1.27 scored and 0.65 conceded per game, Chamalières 0.96 and 1.58, with the league averaging 1.15.
Defeat had not touched Aubagne in 14 games. Over the last five, Aubagne had taken 11 of 15 points to Chamalières's 5.
The venue was Stade de Lattre de Tassigny in Aubagne, with room for 3,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.