Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Yverdon W 1st with 60 points, Etoile Carouge W 2nd with 9, 51 apart. Etoile Carouge W had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 2.13 goals per team per game, Yverdon W ran at 3.86 scored and 0.64 conceded, Etoile Carouge W at 2.25 and 1.5.
Yverdon W were unbeaten in 8, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Yverdon W had banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; Etoile Carouge W, 3.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 4 Yverdon W wins, 2 for Etoile Carouge W, 0 draws, at 4.33 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 83% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
Stade Municipal staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Yverdon W led 3-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 4-0.