The visiting Reims side should be favourites in this visit to Nîmes, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Nîmes 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.
Nîmes form and stats
With {2 Ligue 1 wins}, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Nîmes are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Nîmes's previous game was a Ligue 1 match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Reims (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Nîmes played out a Coupe de France draw 2-2 when visiting Tours.
Nîmes aren't scoring a lot here at Stade des Costieres in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. 10 goals have been conceded.
Reims form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Reims playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Reims play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Nîmes (placed 19th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Strasbourg in the Coupe de la Ligue.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Reims as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Nîmes - Reims 2-0 earlier this season. Nîmes-Reims H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nîmes 3 wins, Reims 1 win, 6 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Dia 5 goals |   R. Ripart 4 goals |
Nîmes missing players
Reims missing players
| Nîmes | Reims | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 32 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 63% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | 53% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 11% | 26% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 47% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 42% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 245 | 142 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 99 | 232 |
| 71 | 43 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 33 | 67 |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 21% | 24% |
- Nîmes has the fewest points (8) at home
- Nîmes has the fewest scored goals (13)
- Nîmes has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
- Nîmes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Reims has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Reims has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- 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 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 45 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rennes | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Lille | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | Nantes | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Reims | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Monaco | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 10 | Nice | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Olympique Lyonnais | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 26 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Brest | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Dijon | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Metz | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 12 |