Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Onhaye 1st with 69 points, Nismes 7th with 46, 23 apart. The last five rounds placed Nismes no better than 12th for form, against 7th in the standings. Per game in the league, Onhaye were scoring 2.93 and conceding 1.1, Nismes 2.33 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.92 goals per team per game.
Onhaye's unbeaten run stood at 5, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Defeat had not touched Nismes in 7 games, having scored in 13 consecutive games.
Terrain de Onhaye, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 9 more goals closed it at 8-1.