Match Report
Épinal went into the game 17th in the table on 29 points; Fréjus St-Raphaël sat 18th on 27 — a 2-point gap. Fréjus St-Raphaël ranked 13th in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Per game in the league, Épinal were scoring 1.15 and conceding 1.58, Fréjus St-Raphaël 0.65 and 1.29, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game.
Épinal had drawn three in a row. Fréjus St-Raphaël's winless run stood at 7.
The match was played at Stade de la Colombière in Epinal (capacity 7,200). On the scoreboard, Fréjus St-Raphaël led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.