Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Chatellerault 5th with 40 points, Stade Montois 14th with 7, 33 apart. Per game in the league, Stade Montois were scoring 0.73 and conceding 2.42, Chatellerault 1.62 and 1.58, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
Stade Montois were winless in 15. Chatellerault had won three straight, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Stade Montois had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Chatellerault, 9.
The match was played at Stade Municipal de l'Argenté in Mont-de-Marsan (capacity 13,970). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.