Match Report
Orléans, 6th with 51 points, sat 24 points above Stade Briochin (17th, 27). Stade Briochin ranked 5th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Per game in the league, Stade Briochin were scoring 1.09 and conceding 1.56, Orléans 1.31 and 1.31, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Orléans in 5 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Stade Briochin win, 1 for Orléans, 3 draws, at 2.2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won.
Stade Fred Aubert staged the fixture, a ground that holds 13,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Orléans led 3-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Stade Briochin: Youssoupha N'Diaye (59') · Orléans: Fahd El Khoumisti (1'), Florent Sanchez (26'), Fahd El Khoumisti (15')
Key stats
Possession: Stade Briochin 55% · Orléans 45% · Total shots: 11-9 · On target: 1-7 · Corners: 5-3