Match Report
26 points separated the sides: Olympique d'Alès 1st on 60, Castanet 8th on 34. Castanet ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Olympique d'Alès 2 scored and 0.85 conceded per game, Castanet 1.46 and 1.54, with the league averaging 1.39.
Olympique d'Alès's unbeaten run stood at 5. Over the last five, Olympique d'Alès had taken 13 of 15 points to Castanet's 7.
Stade Pierre Pibarot in Alès, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. Y. El Mrabet officiated: 10 games logged, averaging 0.1 yellow cards each.