Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Compiegne 7th with 39 points, Longueau 14th with 12, 27 apart. Compiegne had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. Per game in the league, Compiegne were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.54, Longueau 0.69 and 2.08, against a competition average of 1.54 goals per team per game.
D. Rossini took charge of the match — our records show 47 games refereed with an average of 0.7 yellow cards per game. Stade Paul Cosnys in Compiègne staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500. On the scoreboard, Compiegne led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.