Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Vaulx 5th with 41 points, Montlucon 14th with 10, 31 apart. Vaulx's recent output lagged their position: 12th on form over five rounds while 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Montlucon were scoring 0.65 and conceding 2.58, Vaulx 1.58 and 1.31, against a competition average of 1.37 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Montlucon. Vaulx arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Montlucon held 3 points of 15 and Vaulx 9.
With 12 matches recorded and 0.0 yellow cards per game, P. Favier was the man in the middle. The match was played at Stade Dunlop in Montluçon (capacity 3,200). On the scoreboard, Vaulx led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.