Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Dauphins Noirs (5th, 41 pts) held a 21-point advantage over Renaissance (12th, 20 pts). On recent form Renaissance sat only 35th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 12th overall.
8 games without a win framed Renaissance's arrival. Dauphins Noirs had not won in 9 games.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by Renaissance, 3 by Dauphins Noirs, 1 drawn, at 2.83 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Stade Tata Raphaël (capacity 30,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.