Match Report
Auxerre II went into the game 8th in the table on 41 points; Thonon Évian sat 5th on 51 — a 10-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Auxerre II: only 15th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Auxerre II ran at 1.23 scored and 1 conceded, Thonon Évian at 1.37 and 0.93.
Over the last five, Auxerre II had taken 5 of 15 points to Thonon Évian's 12.
S. Amzallag officiated: 44 games logged, averaging 0.1 yellow cards each. Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in annexe 3 staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.