Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Thionville Lusitanos 1st with 53 points, Prix-lès-Mézières 7th with 35, 18 apart. Prix-lès-Mézières ranked 2nd in the league on five-round form, well above their 7th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Prix-lès-Mézières 1.35 scored and 1.27 conceded per game, Thionville Lusitanos 1.96 and 1.15, with the league averaging 1.52.
Prix-lès-Mézières entered with four losses in a row. Thionville Lusitanos had not lost in 7 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Prix-lès-Mézières against 13/15 for Thionville Lusitanos.
Stade de la Poterie in Prix-les-Mezieres, capacity 2,500, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.