Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Martigues 1st with 60 points, Monaco II 14th with 32, 28 apart. On the form table Monaco II stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Per game in the league, Martigues were scoring 1.6 and conceding 0.97, Monaco II 1.13 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
7 matches unbeaten backed Martigues's arrival, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Monaco II's winless run stood at 6. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Martigues against 3/15 for Monaco II.
The venue was Stade Francis Turcan in Martigues, with room for 11,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, Monaco II led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-2 the final score.