Match Report
15 points separated the sides: Thonon Évian 5th on 51, Louhans-Cuiseaux 12th on 36. Louhans-Cuiseaux's recent output outran their position: 4th on form over five rounds, 12th in the table. Per game in the league, Louhans-Cuiseaux were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.57, Thonon Évian 1.37 and 0.93, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Louhans-Cuiseaux had gone 5 games without a win. Louhans-Cuiseaux had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Thonon Évian, 10.
L. L'Henoret officiated: 29 games logged, averaging 0.6 yellow cards each. Parc des Sports du Bram in Louhans, capacity 8,400, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.