Match Report
The table gap was wide: 39 points between Lyon Duchère (4th, 51 pts) and Sète (16th, 12 pts). Lyon Duchère ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.53/1.1 for Lyon Duchère and 0.77/2.87 for Sète (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.28.
Sète had gone 6 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Lyon Duchère 8/15, Sète 1/15.
The referee was H. Dutech Perez, with 49 matches in our database and 0.6 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Stade de Balmont in Lyon (capacity 5,438). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.