Match Report
Grenoble II (18th, 28 pts) visited Villefranche (13th, 42 pts) with 14 points between them. The last five rounds placed Villefranche 2nd in the league for form — higher than their 13th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Villefranche 1.21 scored and 1.32 conceded per game, Grenoble II 0.91 and 1.62, with the league averaging 1.16.
Villefranche had not won in 6 games. Grenoble II arrived off four straight defeats.
The venue was Stade Armand Chouffet in Villefranche-sur-Saône, with room for 3,200 spectators.


