Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Toulouse 1st with 79 points, Niort 13th with 46, 33 apart. The last five rounds placed Toulouse no better than 10th for form, against 1st in the standings. Against a league average of 1.15 goals per team per game, Toulouse ran at 2.16 scored and 0.87 conceded, Niort at 1.03 and 1.11.
Toulouse carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Three consecutive draws preceded this one for Niort. Recent form was uneven: 13/15 points for Toulouse, 3/15 for Niort.
The match was played at Stadium de Toulouse in Toulouse (capacity 33,150). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Toulouse led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.




