Match Report
The table read 11th (Raon l'Etape, 32 pts) against 5th (Reims Sainte-Anne, 38 pts), 6 points apart. Raon l'Etape had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Per game in the league, Raon l'Etape were scoring 1.38 and conceding 1.85, Reims Sainte-Anne 1.19 and 1.27, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Stade Paul Gasser in Raon-l'Etape staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,000. On the scoreboard, Reims Sainte-Anne led 2-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-3.