Match Report
Laval went into the game 7th in the table on 55 points; Bordeaux sat 12th on 50 — a 5-point gap. Bordeaux had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Per game in the league, Laval were scoring 1.05 and conceding 1.18, Bordeaux 1.32 and 1.37, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Laval had been beaten in three straight games. Laval had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Bordeaux, 7.
The match was played at Stade Francis Le Basser in Laval (capacity 18,467). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.