Match Report
The table gap was wide: 29 points between Saint-Étienne II (4th, 45 pts) and Cournon (13th, 16 pts). Per game in the league, Cournon were scoring 1.19 and conceding 2.31, Saint-Étienne II 1.65 and 1.46, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Cournon — three in succession. Over the last five, Cournon had taken 1 of 15 points to Saint-Étienne II's 10.
The venue was Stade Joseph et Michel Gardet, with room for 2,437 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.




