Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Limonest 8th with 37 points, Vaulx 14th with 19, 18 apart. Against a league average of 1.35 goals per team per game, Limonest ran at 1.42 scored and 1.46 conceded, Vaulx at 0.77 and 1.88.
Defeat had followed defeat for Limonest — five in succession. Vaulx had gone 6 games without a win.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Limonest wins, 2 for Vaulx, 1 draw, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue was Stade Courtois Fillot in Limonest, with room for 2,000 spectators.