Match Report
The table gap was wide: 51 points between Le Puy F.43 Auvergne (1st, 61 pts) and Stade Montois (16th, 10 pts). On the form table Stade Montois stood 10th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. Per game in the league, Stade Montois were scoring 0.8 and conceding 2.23, Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 1.33 and 0.57, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Stade Montois against 10/15 for Le Puy F.43 Auvergne.
Stade Municipal de l'Argenté in Mont-de-Marsan staged the fixture, a ground that holds 13,970. L. El Bedoui took charge of the match — our records show 66 games refereed with an average of 0.4 yellow cards per game.