Montpellier will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Reims.
Montpellier form and stats
Montpellier are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade de la Mosson. 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade de la Mosson.
No payout for Montpellier in their previous match, an away game at Rennes that ended in defeat 0-5. Before that, Montpellier had a home game versus Strasbourg which ended with a victory 3-0.
Montpellier were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Montpellier have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Mosson with 26 goals in 14 league matches. Montpellier have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Reims form and stats
Playing away, Reims have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Visiting Reims has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Reims had fun at their own home (Stade de la Mosson) last time out, beating Brest 1-0. El Bilal Toure scored. A 1-1 draw at Monaco's stadium before that.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Reims have scored 14 goals in 14 league games away. Reims have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Reims - Montpellier 1-0. Montpellier-Reims H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Montpellier five wins, Reims four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Delort 9 goals |   B. Dia 7 goals |  F. Mollet 6 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Reims missing players
| Montpellier | Reims | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 35 | 26 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 34 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 21 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 57% |
| 50% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 14% | 14% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 7% | 7% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 4% |
| 43% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 36% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 357 | 219 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 153 | 343 |
| 121 | 83 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 49 | 96 |
| 29% | 31% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 29% | 27% |
- Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montpellier have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Reims has the fewest conceded goals (21)
- Reims has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
- Reims has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
- 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 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 | Nîmes | 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 |