Match Report
Brest, 2nd with 74 points, sat 32 points above Nancy (14th, 42). On the form table Nancy stood 5th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Nancy 0.95 scored and 1.32 conceded per game, Brest 1.68 and 0.92, with the league averaging 1.1.
Momentum sat with Nancy, winners of their last three, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
12 meetings are on record — 5 won by Nancy, 5 by Brest, 2 drawn, at 2.25 goals per meeting.
The venue was Stade Marcel-Picot in Tomblaine, with room for 20,087 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-3.