📏 Form Guide

Reims

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Reims won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 1-0 Ligue 1 defeat last time out to Nice.

In that match, Reims had 45% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Nice got 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Morgan Sanson (15') was the scorer for Nice.

An interesting trait of more recent Reims games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their previous six clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've lost. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see whether that trend shall persist in this next match.

St Etienne

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Monaco in Ligue 1 competition, St Etienne and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, St Etienne had 60% possession and 11 shots at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for St Etienne was Zuriko Davitashvili (65'). On the other side, Monaco got 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Maghnes Akliouche (2'), Almoatasembellah Al Musrati (68') and Folarin Balogun (78') scored for Monaco.

St Etienne have regularly broken through opposing defences of late, scoring 8 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, St Etienne have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same clashes.

Leading up to this clash, St Etienne:

• have not emerged victorious against Reims in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 23/02/2020 shows that Reims have won 3 of these games and St Etienne 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

An aggregate of 17 goals were scored between them in this period, with 10 of them from Les rouges et blancs and 7 netted by Les Verts. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 16 on 04/01/2025 when it finished St Etienne 3-1 Reims.

In that match, St Etienne had 53% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Augustine Boakye (50', 57') and Lucas Stassin (80').

Reims had 11 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Keito Nakamura (42') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Stéphanie Frappart.

📋 Team News: Reims

Reda Khadra (Cruciate ligament tear) and Mohamed Daramy (Knee injury) will not be able to play for Reims gaffer Samba Diawara.

In our view, Les rouges et blancs will probably go for a 3-2-4-1 formation and select Yehvann Diouf, Cedric Kipre, Joseph Okumu, Mory Gbane, Aurelio Buta, Sergio Akieme, Ange Martial Tia, V. Atangana Edoa, Amadou Kone, Keito Nakamura and Jordan Pefok.

🗞️ Team News: St Etienne

There’s a good chance that Les Verts could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Gautier Larsonneur, Dennis Appiah, Maxime Bernauer, Mickael Nade, Leo Petrot, Aimen Moueffek, Pierre Ekwah, Florian Tardieu, Irvin Cardona, Djylian N'Guessan and Zuriko Davitashvili.

💭 Prediction

We believe that St Etienne might need a bit of good fortune to breach the defence of this Reims side who we think should end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very even contest with a 1-0 victory for Reims when all is said and done.

Should be an interesting one.

Peter Guest, 18:06 10/05/2025