Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Quevilly Rouen (11th, 50 pts) and Niort (20th, 29 pts). Quevilly Rouen ranked just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 11th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Niort 0.92 scored and 1.76 conceded per game, Quevilly Rouen 1.24 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.2.
Niort had gone 8 games without a win. 6 matches unbeaten backed Quevilly Rouen's arrival. From the last five rounds, Niort held 1 points of 15 and Quevilly Rouen 7.
Stade René Gaillard in Niort, capacity 10,406, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Niort led 2-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-3.