Match Report
23 points separated the sides: Bastia 1st on 66, Stade Briochin 9th on 43. Stade Briochin had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 9th in the table. Per game in the league, Stade Briochin were scoring 0.94 and conceding 0.97, Bastia 1.68 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.12 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Stade Briochin in 15 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Over the last five, Stade Briochin had taken 11 of 15 points to Bastia's 5.
Stade Fred Aubert in Saint-Brieuc staged the fixture, a ground that holds 13,500. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.