Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Hyères (7th, 42 pts) held a 30-point advantage over Sète (16th, 12 pts). On recent form Hyères sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Per game in the league, Hyères were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.1, Sète 0.77 and 2.87, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Sète — five in succession. Recent form was uneven: 7/15 points for Hyères, 0/15 for Sète.
Stade Perruc in Hyères staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,820. On the scoreboard, Hyères led 4-1 at the break; 7 second-half goals set the final 11-1.