Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Montpellier II (1st, 52 pts) and Bayonne (12th, 27 pts). Bayonne had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Montpellier II 1.96 scored and 0.84 conceded per game, Bayonne 0.96 and 1.52, with the league averaging 1.33.
Bayonne had gone 7 games without a win.
The venue was Stade Jules Rimet in Sussargues.


