Match Report
8 points and 4 places separated them: Épinal 17th with 33, Villefranche 13th with 41. The last five rounds placed Villefranche 8th in the league for form — higher than their 13th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Épinal 1.15 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Villefranche 1.06 and 1.26, with the league averaging 1.27.
Villefranche had gone 6 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Épinal 10/15, Villefranche 2/15.
The match was played at Stade de la Colombière in Epinal (capacity 7,200). F. Benchabane took charge of the match — our records show 87 games refereed with an average of 1.5 yellow cards per game. Villefranche led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.