Match Report
8 points and 7 places separated them: Avoine OCC 12th with 29, Les Herbiers 5th with 37. On recent form Les Herbiers sat only 9th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Per game in the league, Avoine OCC were scoring 0.96 and conceding 1.46, Les Herbiers 1.42 and 1.08, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
6 games without a win framed Les Herbiers's arrival.
Stade Marcel Vignaud in Stade Marcel Vignaud staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 0-4.