Monaco and Reims are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Ligue 1 season.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Monaco form and stats
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Monaco friendly games in pre-season: Monaco played three friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Monaco scored 4 goals and conceded 3 in these three games.
Last season, Monaco's league statistics were 11 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 28 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 44. Playing at home last season Monaco managed 8-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 22 conceded.
Reims form and stats
Just as the home team, Reims have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Reims wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Let's have a look at how Reims performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 11 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 14/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Monaco four wins, five draws and Reims one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Monaco missing players
Reims missing players
| Monaco | Reims | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% | 
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% | 
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% | 
| Monaco | Last season | Reims | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 29 | Scored | S | 14 | 26 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | ||
| 75% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 57% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 43% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 21% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 43% | ||
| 18% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 387 | 209 | Total Shots | T S | 153 | 343 | ||
| 139 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 96 | ||
| 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P | 
| 1 | Angers SCO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 2 | Bordeaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 3 | Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 4 | Dijon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 5 | Lens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 6 | Lille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 7 | Lorient | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 8 | Metz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 9 | Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 10 | Montpellier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 11 | Nantes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 12 | Nice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 13 | Nimes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 14 | Olympique Lyonnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 15 | Olympique Marseille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 16 | PSG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 17 | Reims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 18 | Rennes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 19 | Saint-Étienne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 20 | Strasbourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P | 
| 1 | PSG | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 51 | 68 | 
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 
| 3 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 
| 4 | Lille | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 49 | 
| 5 | Reims | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 41 | 
| 6 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 41 | 
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 40 | 
| 8 | Montpellier | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 40 | 
| 9 | Monaco | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 40 | 
| 10 | Angers SCO | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -5 | 39 | 
| 11 | Strasbourg | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 38 | 
| 12 | Bordeaux | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 37 | 
| 13 | Nantes | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 37 | 
| 14 | Brest | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -3 | 34 | 
| 15 | Metz | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 34 | 
| 16 | Dijon | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 30 | 
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 30 | 
| 18 | Nimes | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -15 | 27 | 
| 19 | Amiens SC | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -19 | 23 | 
| 20 | Toulouse | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -36 | 13 | 
 
  
 