LIVESTREAM France: Saint-Ouen Cougars @ Asnieres Molosses, May 19, 13:00 CET (1 pm, 7 am EDT)

AFI | American Football | 05/19/2024

The Asnieres Molosses (2-1-3) will host the Saint-Ouen Cougars (1-6) as the French D1 Elite winds up the next to last round of play in the 2024 regular season.

This is the second meeting between the two teams this season. The Molosses took the first game beating Saint-Ouen 41-6 in mid March.

This has been a roller coaster year for Asnieres. They dropped a 21-14 decision to La Courneuve to open the year but rebounded with a 26-18 win over Rouen and then downed the Cougars. They were slowed down by the Thonon Black Panthers tying them 35-35 but then lost two in a row, 21-19 to the Flash and 24-20 to the Rouen Leopards. However, Asnieres still has a chance for a wild card playoff spot but have to win this week and next week against Thonon and then hope that the Cougars lose at least one more game. If the Molosses and Cougars are tied, Asnieres gets the nod having a better points differential in the two games between the teams.

For Saint-Ouen, this has been a season to forget apart from their only victory as it was against the conference leading La Courneuve Flash. They opened the season with a 21-12 loss to the Rouen Leopards but rebounded with that impressive 14-13 victory over the Flash. However they followed that up with two straight losses, 41-6 to the Molosses and 42-0 to Thonon. Then they fell apart getting pummeled 46-0 by Thonon, 45-0 by Rouen and 43-7 by the Flash.

With a coveted playoff spot still in sight for the Molosses, expect them to show no mercy against a faltering Saint-Ouen squad.