Match Report
45 points for Istres (1st), 39 for Montpellier II (2nd): a 6-point gap. On recent form Istres sat only 8th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, Istres ran at 1.58 scored and 1.04 conceded, Montpellier II at 1.88 and 1.17.
Istres arrived on a run of three straight wins. From the last five rounds, Istres held 12 points of 15 and Montpellier II 5.
Stade Parsemain in Fos-sur-Mer staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,500. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.