Pont-de-Beauregard secured a narrow 36-34 victory over Besançon in the ProLigue on Thursday evening. The result sees the visitors extend their perfect start to the campaign with two wins from two games. Besançon, meanwhile, remain unbeaten but can only manage one win and one draw from their opening fixtures.
The away side had already demonstrated their capability with wins against Sète and Istres, while Besançon's draw came against Kretey. To be fair, the visitors carried that momentum into this fixture, and the final scoreline reflected their consistency so far.
And here's the thing — we had anticipated this outcome before kickoff. Our prediction of a Pont-de-Beauregard win, with 59 per cent confidence, proved accurate. The visitors simply executed better when it mattered, closing out the game despite Besançon's home advantage.
The two-goal margin tells you this was never comfortable for either side. Besançon, sitting eleventh with two points, had shown resilience in their 31-23 victory over Val d'Oise earlier in the season. But against a side that has already beaten three opponents, they could only match effort with effort.
By then, the table tells its own story. Pont-de-Beauregard sit fifth with four points from two matches, while Besançon's two points keep them in the lower half. This result does not dramatically shift positions, but it reinforces the gap between the two sides' early-season trajectories.