Reims vs Montpellier Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Reims

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Reims head into this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Ligue 1 stalemate against St Etienne.

In that match, Reims had 52% possession and 4 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Reims was El Bilal Touré (72'). AS Saint-Etienne got 18 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Charles Abi (89') scored for St Etienne.

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Reims have taken part. In terms of the goal split during that period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 7 and Les rouges et blancs managed a tally of 6.

Their previous form shows that Reims:

• are unbeaten in the league by Montpellier in their last 3 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 7 league matches at home.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Montpellier

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Montpellier come into this match following a 2-1 Ligue 1 win versus Rennes in their previous outing.

In that match, Montpellier had 35% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player to score for Montpellier was Stephy Mavididi (17', 27'). Stade Rennais FC had 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Serhou Guirassy (78') scored for Rennes.

Montpellier have been good when going forward in their most recent fixtures, having scored 12 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that La Paillade can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same clashes. Such a trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, though.

Coming into this fixture, Montpellier are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head clashes going back to 30/04/2016 shows that Reims have won 4 of them and Montpellier 2, with the number of drawn results being 0.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 12 for Les rouges et blancs and 6 for La Paillade. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 8 on 25/10/2020 when it ended Montpellier 0-4 Reims.

On that occasion, Montpellier had 32% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

For their opponents, Reims got 24 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. Boulaye Dia (9', 13', 56') and Nathanaël Mbuku (31') scored.

The match was refereed by Willy Delajod.

ℹ️ Team News: Reims

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Reims boss David Guion to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Yunis Abdelhamid (Thigh Problems) won’t play.

📰 Team News: Montpellier

Owing to a completely healthy group to choose from, Montpellier manager Michel Der Zakarian has zero fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Montpellier and Reims should play out a closely-fought contest here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We therefore see a close game with a 1-1 score draw at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:23 24/02/2021