Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Auxerre (1st, 74 pts) held a 19-point advantage over Laval (7th, 55 pts). Laval ranked just 12th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Per game in the league, Auxerre were scoring 1.89 and conceding 0.95, Laval 1.05 and 1.18, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
5 games without a win framed Laval's arrival. Over the last five, Auxerre had taken 9 of 15 points to Laval's 1.
Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in Auxerre staged the fixture, a ground that holds 23,467. On the scoreboard, Auxerre led 3-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 4-0.