Football preview: Home fans have high expectations when Olympique Lyonnais meet Reims

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (59186 seats)

Who will get all the points when Reims travel to Olympique Lyonnais? In this pre-match guide you'll learn all the relevant news and numbers needed to make a prediction.

Insights:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.

For Reims most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Olympique Lyonnais and Reims should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Lyonnais at their home stadium (Parc Olympique Lyonnais) is 9 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Olympique Lyonnais bring valid hopes of a third.

A nice win for Lyon last time playing, versus Monaco. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Cherki, Lacazette and Caqueret scoring for the victors. Olympique Lyonnais goalkeeper Lopes did an outstanding job against Monaco with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory. The forward Lacazette edged out all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.54 out of 10. Lacazette scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Clermont (1-2).

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the latest 10 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.

The Lyon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 18 league matches. Olympique Lyonnais have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Reims form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 4 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Reims are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Reims played 2-2 against Angers SCO in their previous match. Midfielder Ito was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Ito scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Lens's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Reims playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 1 home win.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Reims in these games.

Head 2 Head

Reims have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (1-3-0) versus Olympique Lyonnais.

The participants have met each other before in this season, with the final score Reims - Lyon 1-1 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
26 goals
ReimsF. Balogun
F. Balogun
20 goals
ReimsM. Munetsi
M. Munetsi
7 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Reims missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Lyonnais Reims
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
17 9 1 Won W 0 4 12
8 5 3 Drew D 3 9 15
11 4 1 Lost L 2 5 9
61 32 7 Scored S 1 17 44
44 19 7 Conceded C 3 19 39
92% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 78% 83%
75% 72% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 56% 64%
61% 56% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
31% 28% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 22%
17% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
69% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 47%
19% 22% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 39% 39%
19% 22% 40% Failed to Score F T 80% 39% 31%
 
4.9 6.1 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.4 4.7
4.3 4.1 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 4.9 4.4
1.6 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 3 5 8
 
13.6 15.8 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 12.4 14.5
5.4 5.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 4.3 5
31% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 22% 24%
 
11.2 10.7 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 13.7 12.9
4.4 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 36 27 3 6 86 36 18 13 2 3 43 22 18 14 1 3 43 14 50 84
2 Lens 36 23 9 4 62 28 18 16 1 1 38 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 34 78
3 Olympique Marseille 36 22 7 7 66 37 18 10 4 4 34 22 18 12 3 3 32 15 29 73
4 Monaco 36 19 8 9 69 54 18 9 3 6 36 31 18 10 5 3 33 23 15 65
5 Lille 36 18 9 9 62 42 18 12 4 2 38 24 18 6 5 7 24 18 20 63
6 Rennes 36 19 5 12 65 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 27 62
7 Olympique Lyonnais 36 17 8 11 61 44 18 9 5 4 32 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 17 59
8 Clermont 36 15 8 13 40 47 18 8 3 7 18 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -7 53
9 Nice 36 13 13 10 42 34 18 6 7 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 52
10 Lorient 36 14 10 12 50 50 18 8 4 6 24 20 18 6 6 6 26 30 0 52
11 Reims 36 12 15 9 44 39 18 8 6 4 27 20 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 51
12 Montpellier 36 14 5 17 60 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 18 7 2 9 33 32 2 47
13 Toulouse 36 12 8 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 44
14 Brest 36 10 11 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 23 24 18 3 6 9 18 27 -10 41
15 Strasbourg 36 9 12 15 49 56 18 5 6 7 24 25 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 39
16 Auxerre 36 8 10 18 33 59 18 5 7 6 17 25 18 3 3 12 16 34 -26 34
17 Nantes 36 6 15 15 35 53 18 4 8 6 19 26 18 2 7 9 16 27 -18 33
18 Troyes 36 4 11 21 43 78 18 1 10 7 18 29 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 23
19 Ajaccio 36 6 5 25 22 71 18 3 3 12 9 30 18 3 2 13 13 41 -49 23
20 Angers SCO 36 3 6 27 31 79 18 2 3 13 18 35 18 1 3 14 13 44 -48 15

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Reims:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 36 27 3 6 86 36 18 13 2 3 43 22 18 14 1 3 43 14 50 84
2 Lens 36 23 9 4 62 28 18 16 1 1 38 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 34 78
3 Olympique Marseille 36 22 7 7 66 37 18 10 4 4 34 22 18 12 3 3 32 15 29 73
4 Monaco 36 19 8 9 69 54 18 9 3 6 36 31 18 10 5 3 33 23 15 65
5 Lille 36 18 9 9 62 42 18 12 4 2 38 24 18 6 5 7 24 18 20 63
6 Rennes 36 19 5 12 65 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 27 62
7 Olympique Lyonnais 36 17 8 11 61 44 18 9 5 4 32 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 17 59
8 Clermont 36 15 8 13 40 47 18 8 3 7 18 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -7 53
9 Nice 36 13 13 10 42 34 18 6 7 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 52
10 Lorient 36 14 10 12 50 50 18 8 4 6 24 20 18 6 6 6 26 30 0 52
11 Reims 36 12 15 9 44 39 18 8 6 4 27 20 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 51
12 Montpellier 36 14 5 17 60 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 18 7 2 9 33 32 2 47
13 Toulouse 36 12 8 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 44
14 Brest 36 10 11 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 23 24 18 3 6 9 18 27 -10 41
15 Strasbourg 36 9 12 15 49 56 18 5 6 7 24 25 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 39
16 Auxerre 36 8 10 18 33 59 18 5 7 6 17 25 18 3 3 12 16 34 -26 34
17 Nantes 36 6 15 15 35 53 18 4 8 6 19 26 18 2 7 9 16 27 -18 33
18 Troyes 36 4 11 21 43 78 18 1 10 7 18 29 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 23
19 Ajaccio 36 6 5 25 22 71 18 3 3 12 9 30 18 3 2 13 13 41 -49 23
20 Angers SCO 36 3 6 27 31 79 18 2 3 13 18 35 18 1 3 14 13 44 -48 15

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.