Match Report
38 points for Avranches (15th), 48 for Sochaux (8th): a 10-point gap. On the form table Avranches stood 4th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Avranches 1.09 scored and 1.74 conceded per game, Sochaux 1.5 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.27.
Sochaux's winless run stood at 8.
A. Ustaritz took charge of the match — our records show 79 games refereed with an average of 1.3 yellow cards per game. The venue was Stade René Fenouillère in Avranches, with room for 2,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.