Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Racing Besançon 1st with 57 points, Saint-Apollinaire 10th with 32, 25 apart. Saint-Apollinaire had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. Per game in the league, Racing Besançon were scoring 1.96 and conceding 1.04, Saint-Apollinaire 1 and 1.81, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
Saint-Apollinaire's winless run stood at 6. From the last five rounds, Racing Besançon held 8 points of 15 and Saint-Apollinaire 2.
The venue was Stade Léo Lagrange in Besançon, with room for 11,500 spectators.


