Match Report
Troyes, 3rd with 71 points, sat 33 points above Béziers (19th, 38). Béziers's recent output outran their position: 9th on form over five rounds, 19th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 0.87/1.32 for Béziers and 1.34/0.74 for Troyes (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.1.
Béziers had lost five in a row. Over the last five, Béziers had taken 0 of 15 points to Troyes's 7.
The venue was Stade de Sauclières in Beziers, with room for 12,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.