Match Report
The table read 16th (Le Puy F.43 Auvergne, 35 pts) against 8th (Sedan, 46 pts), 11 points apart. Le Puy-en-Velay had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 1 scored and 1.47 conceded per game, Sedan 1.21 and 1.38, with the league averaging 1.25.
Le Puy F.43 Auvergne had gone 6 games without a win.
M. Mokhtari took charge of the match — our records show 69 games refereed with an average of 0.8 yellow cards per game. Stade Charles Massot in Le-Puy-en-Velay staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,800. On the scoreboard, Le Puy F.43 Auvergne led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-2.