Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Thaon 4th with 39 points, Métropole Troyenne 14th with 11, 28 apart. Thaon had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 4th in the table.
Métropole Troyenne had been beaten in five straight games. The last-five ledger: Thaon 10/15, Métropole Troyenne 0/15.
With 8 matches recorded and 0.0 yellow cards per game, M. Ernst was the man in the middle. The venue was Stade Robert Sayer in Thaon-lès-Vosges, with room for 3,000 spectators. Thaon led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-1.