Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Le Mans 3rd with 39 points, Thouars 14th with 23, 16 apart. Recent form told a different story for Le Mans: only 7th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Le Mans were scoring 1.31 and conceding 1.08, Thouars 1.04 and 1.69, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Thouars arrived off four straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Le Mans held 9 points of 15 and Thouars 3.
Stade de La Pincenardière n° 2 in Mulsanne hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.