Match Report
Avranches went into the game 15th in the table on 38 points; Rouen sat 7th on 49 — an 11-point gap. Avranches ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.09/1.74 for Avranches and 1.21/1.09 for Rouen (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.27.
Defeat had followed defeat for Avranches — four in succession. From the last five rounds, Avranches held 1 points of 15 and Rouen 9.
With 85 matches recorded and 1.3 yellow cards per game, M. Leleu was the man in the middle. Stade René Fenouillère in Avranches, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.