Reims vs St Etienne Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Reims

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Reims will play in this match following on from a 0-0 Ligue 1 drawn result vs Dijon.

In that game, Reims managed 56% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Dijon FCO got 8 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

In their prior six fixtures, David Guion's Reims have found the net a total of 8 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 1.33.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Reims:

• haven't lost in the league to St Etienne in their last 2 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

St Etienne

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In the game prior to this, St Etienne drew 1-1 in the Ligue 1 tie with Paris Saint-Germain.

In that game, St Etienne managed 31% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for St Etienne was Romain Hamouma (19'). At the other end, Paris Saint-Germain got 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Moise Kean (22') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

Claude Puel's St Etienne have fired home 7 times in the course of their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period comes to 6.

Heading into this fixture, St Etienne are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 31/10/2015 shows that Reims have won 1 of them & St Etienne 3, with the number of drawn games being 2.

A total of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 5 of them from Les rouges et blancs and 10 coming from Les Verts. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 26 on 23/02/2020 which finished with the scoreline of St Etienne 1-1 Reims.

That day, St Etienne had 44% possession and 7 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Denis Bouanga (73').

Reims got 12 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Boulaye Dia (94') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Benoît Bastien.

📰 Team News: Reims

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Reims boss David Guion to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Anastasios Donis (Muscle Injury) is sidelined.

📰 Team News: St Etienne

Thanks to a completely healthy squad available for selection, St Etienne manager Claude Puel does not have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match.

✨ Prediction

We feel that St Etienne and Reims may well end up cancelling each other out here.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. That’s why we have predicted a very close game with a 1-1 draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:10 05/01/2021