Match Report
18 points separated the sides: Vire 1st on 59, Cherbourg 4th on 41. On recent form Vire sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.46 goals per team per game, Vire ran at 2.54 scored and 1.12 conceded, Cherbourg at 1.38 and 1.42.
Vire arrived on a run of three straight wins. Defeat had not touched Cherbourg in 7 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
With 6 matches recorded and 1.8 yellow cards per game, P. Denis was the man in the middle. The match was played at Stade Pierre Compte in Vire. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-2.