Ligue 1 match prediction: Little separates Lorient and Reims in quality

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

Lorient are willing to overlook the league table ahead of this fixture versus Reims. Here's all you need to know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Reims have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Ligue 1

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's look for an active game!

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Lorient form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lorient have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 16 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Lorient after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Lorient are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Rennes. Lorient were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The talented striker Fée bettered all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.01 out of 10. Fée hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).

Before that, Lorient had a home game versus Metz which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lorient perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lorient as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Lorient has won four of these, drawn two and lost five.

Lorient has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches.

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Reims form and stats

The visitors are W4-D7-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

Reims's previous game was their home loss versus Olympique Marseille (0-1). Midfielder Matusiwa was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.13. Matusiwa hit two key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Lille.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Reims in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Reims, five draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reims as they have only managed to score 14 times from 17 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Reims have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo met each other before this campaign: Reims - Lorient 0-0. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Lorient won six games, two matches ended with a tie and Reims have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

ReimsH. Ekitike
H. Ekitike
9 goals
LorientT. Moffi
T. Moffi
7 goals
LorientA. Lauriente
A. Lauriente
5 goals

Lorient missing players

Reims missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lorient Reims
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 6 Played P 5 17 34
8 6 2 Won W 1 4 9
10 5 0 Drew D 2 7 13
16 5 4 Lost L 2 6 12
33 18 6 Scored S 4 14 36
57 16 9 Conceded C 5 19 37
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 82%
68% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 65% 65%
41% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 29% 35%
32% 12% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 18%
21% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 12%
50% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 47%
29% 38% 17% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 32%
32% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 41% 38%
 
4.2 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.8 4.6
5.2 4.9 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 6.5 5.4
1.8 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.2 1.9
4 2 1 Red cards R C 2 5 7
 
11.5 12.4 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 9 10.4
3.9 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.7 3.9
25% 28% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 22% 27%
 
12.7 11.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 14.4 12.8
4.2 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.2 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Reims have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Ligue 1

  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 34 24 6 4 76 31 17 15 2 0 42 10 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 78
2 Olympique Marseille 34 19 8 7 56 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 17 11 3 3 27 14 23 65
3 Rennes 34 18 5 11 75 36 17 12 1 4 46 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 39 59
4 Monaco 34 17 8 9 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 20 59
5 Nice 34 17 7 10 43 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 14 57
6 Strasbourg 34 15 11 8 55 36 17 10 4 3 32 15 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 56
7 Lens 34 15 9 10 53 42 17 9 5 3 31 16 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 54
8 Olympique Lyonnais 34 14 11 9 56 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 16 4 6 6 17 22 11 52
9 Lille 34 13 12 9 42 40 17 7 7 3 21 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 2 51
10 Nantes 34 14 8 12 48 41 17 10 3 4 30 18 17 4 5 8 18 23 7 50
11 Brest 34 12 9 13 43 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -5 45
12 Montpellier 34 12 6 16 46 51 17 7 4 6 25 20 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 42
13 Reims 34 9 13 12 36 37 17 5 6 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 40
14 Angers SCO 34 8 11 15 38 51 17 6 2 9 17 22 17 2 9 6 21 29 -13 35
15 Lorient 34 8 10 16 33 57 16 6 5 5 18 16 18 2 5 11 15 41 -24 34
16 Troyes 34 8 9 17 30 47 17 4 7 6 15 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -17 33
17 Clermont 34 8 9 17 35 63 17 3 6 8 19 30 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 33
18 Saint-Étienne 34 7 10 17 38 68 18 4 6 8 23 36 16 3 4 9 15 32 -30 31
19 Bordeaux 34 5 12 17 47 84 17 3 6 8 25 32 17 2 6 9 22 52 -37 27
20 Metz 34 4 12 18 29 60 17 1 7 9 17 29 17 3 5 9 12 31 -31 24

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 34 24 6 4 76 31 17 15 2 0 42 10 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 78
2 Olympique Marseille 34 19 8 7 56 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 17 11 3 3 27 14 23 65
3 Rennes 34 18 5 11 75 36 17 12 1 4 46 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 39 59
4 Monaco 34 17 8 9 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 20 59
5 Nice 34 17 7 10 43 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 14 57
6 Strasbourg 34 15 11 8 55 36 17 10 4 3 32 15 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 56
7 Lens 34 15 9 10 53 42 17 9 5 3 31 16 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 54
8 Olympique Lyonnais 34 14 11 9 56 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 16 4 6 6 17 22 11 52
9 Lille 34 13 12 9 42 40 17 7 7 3 21 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 2 51
10 Nantes 34 14 8 12 48 41 17 10 3 4 30 18 17 4 5 8 18 23 7 50
11 Brest 34 12 9 13 43 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -5 45
12 Montpellier 34 12 6 16 46 51 17 7 4 6 25 20 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 42
13 Reims 34 9 13 12 36 37 17 5 6 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 40
14 Angers SCO 34 8 11 15 38 51 17 6 2 9 17 22 17 2 9 6 21 29 -13 35
15 Lorient 34 8 10 16 33 57 16 6 5 5 18 16 18 2 5 11 15 41 -24 34
16 Troyes 34 8 9 17 30 47 17 4 7 6 15 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -17 33
17 Clermont 34 8 9 17 35 63 17 3 6 8 19 30 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 33
18 Saint-Étienne 34 7 10 17 38 68 18 4 6 8 23 36 16 3 4 9 15 32 -30 31
19 Bordeaux 34 5 12 17 47 84 17 3 6 8 25 32 17 2 6 9 22 52 -37 27
20 Metz 34 4 12 18 29 60 17 1 7 9 17 29 17 3 5 9 12 31 -31 24

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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.