Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Bordeaux 3rd with 69 points, Nîmes 19th with 36, 33 apart. Per game in the league, Bordeaux were scoring 1.34 and conceding 0.71, Nîmes 1.16 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Bordeaux, 1 draw and 2 for Nîmes, at 3.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals.
The venue was Stade Matmut-Atlantique in Bordeaux, with room for 42,115 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.