Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Marignane Gignac CB 1st with 57 points, Stade Bordelais 12th with 33, 24 apart. Recent form flatters Stade Bordelais's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 12th. Scoring rates set the scale: Stade Bordelais 0.93 scored and 1.3 conceded per game, Marignane Gignac CB 1.3 and 0.8, with the league averaging 1.18.
A win had eluded Stade Bordelais for 10 matches. Marignane Gignac CB came in having won six on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Stade Bordelais had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Marignane Gignac CB, 15.
The match was played at Stade Sainte-Germaine in Le-Bouscat (capacity 100). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.


