Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Brest 5th with 65 points, Tours 20th with 23, 42 apart. Recent form flatters Tours's table spot — 15th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 20th. Per game in the league, Brest were scoring 1.53 and conceding 1.13, Tours 0.89 and 1.79, against a competition average of 1.36 goals per team per game.
Brest had not lost in 5 games. 6 games without a win framed Tours's arrival. From the last five rounds, Brest held 9 points of 15 and Tours 2.
The venue was Stade Francis-Le Ble in Brest, with room for 15,097 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-3.