2008/2009| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épinal | 10 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7/15 | 6-9 |
| Saint-Die | 5 | W2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8/15 | 5-4 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épinal | 1 | 30 | 59 | 25 | WDLWL | 6 | -5 |
| Saint-Die | 12 | 29 | 35 | -8 | LLLWW | 10 | +2 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2009-03-27
On paper the standings were lopsided — Épinal 1st with 59 points, Saint-Die 12th with 35, 24 apart. On recent form Épinal sat only 6th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Épinal were scoring 2.1 and conceding 1.27, Saint-Die 1.28 and 1.55, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
The venue was Stade de la Colombière in Epinal, with room for 7,200 spectators.
