Can Bordeaux beat Reims in Stade Matmut-Atlantique clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Matmut-Atlantique (42115 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Bordeaux are in the 12th position while the guesting Reims worry at 17th.

Insights:
  • Bordeaux has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Ligue 1
  • Reims has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligue 1

It's no vacation for neither Bordeaux nor Reims as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Bordeaux form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Bordeaux, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Ligue 1, have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.

Bordeaux are returning here after visiting Strasbourg in a Ligue 1 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Pablo Nascimento Castro and Otávio scored the goal(s). Before that game, the home loss against Saint-Étienne with the scoreline 1-2.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bordeaux here at Stade Matmut-Atlantique in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Defensively Bordeaux have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Reims form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reims so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

Reims has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Olympique Marseille for a Ligue 1 game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Reims secured a home win against Nantes with the score 3-2.

The travelling fans enjoy Reims's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. Reims's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bordeaux zero wins, five draws and Reims five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReimsB. Dia
B. Dia
9 goals
BordeauxT. Bašić
T. Bašić
3 goals
BordeauxS. Kalu Ojim
S. Kalu Ojim
2 goals

Bordeaux missing players

Reims missing players

Bordeaux Reims
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 5 9 16
6 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
4 3 1 Drew D 2 4 5
6 2 1 Lost L 3 4 8
17 7 6 Scored S 8 15 21
17 4 2 Conceded C 11 17 27
81% 62% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 50% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 89% 75%
44% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 78% 62%
19% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 44% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 12%
31% 12% 25% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 56%
56% 75% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 12%
31% 50% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 22% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 2.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
10.1 12.9 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 10.3 10.6
3.4 3.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.6
31% 27% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 43% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Bordeaux has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Ligue 1
  • Reims has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligue 1
  • Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Reims have scored at least twice as many goals away as Bordeaux have scored home.
  • Reims haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Lille 16 9 6 1 28 10 9 6 3 0 17 4 7 3 3 1 11 6 18 33
2 Olympique Lyonnais 16 9 6 1 31 14 7 4 3 0 16 6 9 5 3 1 15 8 17 33
3 Paris Saint Germain 16 10 2 4 35 10 8 5 1 2 18 5 8 5 1 2 17 5 25 32
4 Olympique Marseille 14 8 4 2 21 13 7 3 3 1 11 8 7 5 1 1 10 5 8 28
5 Rennes 16 8 4 4 25 19 8 4 1 3 11 11 8 4 3 1 14 8 6 28
6 Montpellier 16 8 3 5 27 25 8 4 0 4 14 16 8 4 3 1 13 9 2 27
7 Monaco 16 8 2 6 26 23 8 5 2 1 18 11 8 3 0 5 8 12 3 26
8 Lens 15 7 3 5 24 23 7 3 2 2 13 12 8 4 1 3 11 11 1 24
9 Angers SCO 16 7 3 6 21 25 8 3 1 4 7 11 8 4 2 2 14 14 -4 24
10 Metz 16 6 5 5 19 16 8 4 1 3 11 9 8 2 4 2 8 7 3 23
11 Brest 16 7 2 7 27 29 8 5 1 2 17 14 8 2 1 5 10 15 -2 23
12 Bordeaux 16 6 4 6 17 17 8 3 3 2 7 4 8 3 1 4 10 13 0 22
13 Nice 15 6 3 6 19 20 8 2 1 5 8 16 7 4 2 1 11 4 -1 21
14 Saint-Étienne 16 4 5 7 16 23 8 2 3 3 8 10 8 2 2 4 8 13 -7 17
15 Nantes 16 3 6 7 18 27 8 2 4 2 10 14 8 1 2 5 8 13 -9 15
16 Strasbourg 16 4 2 10 22 28 8 1 2 5 6 14 8 3 0 5 16 14 -6 14
17 Reims 16 3 5 8 21 27 7 2 1 4 6 10 9 1 4 4 15 17 -6 14
18 Nîmes 16 3 3 10 13 31 8 1 1 6 8 19 8 2 2 4 5 12 -18 12
19 Lorient 16 3 2 11 15 29 8 2 1 5 9 12 8 1 1 6 6 17 -14 11
20 Dijon 16 1 6 9 9 25 9 0 4 5 3 10 7 1 2 4 6 15 -16 9

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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.