Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Guingamp II (12th, 23 pts) and Mantes 78 (16th, 5 pts). Mantes 78 had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Mantes 78 0.33 scored and 1.62 conceded per game, Guingamp II 1.43 and 1.62, with the league averaging 1.2.
Mantes 78 had gone 7 games without a win. Mantes 78 had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Guingamp II, 10.
Stade Aimé Bergeal in Mantes-la-Ville staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. On the scoreboard, Mantes 78 led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.


