Olympique Lyonnais look to Groupama Stadium supporters for inspiration before Reims match

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 13.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Groupama Stadium (59186 seats)

Olympique Lyonnais 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.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Olympique Lyonnais have to build on here at Groupama Stadium in the Ligue 1.

Olympique Lyonnais faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lille (0-1). Preceding that match was the home Coupe de France game against PSG that was lost 1-5.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olympique Lyonnais handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and one defeat.

Olympique Lyonnais are traveling soon after this match as the Champions League match at Juventus awaits in four days.

Olympique Lyonnais are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Olympique Lyonnais have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reims form and stats

Playing away, Reims have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Two points from the last two away games for Reims, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

El Bilal Toure scored in Reims's previous match, the home game against Brest that ended 1-0. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Monaco.

We have checked recent matches where Reims have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, three draws and three defeats.

Reims find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Reims have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Reims - Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Olympique Lyonnais won five, Reims won three and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
16 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Depay
M. Depay
9 goals
Reims
B. Dia
7 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Reims missing players

Olympique Lyonnais Reims
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 4 14 28
11 5 1 Won W 1 5 10
7 4 0 Drew D 1 4 11
10 4 3 Lost L 2 5 7
42 17 2 Scored S 5 14 26
27 7 4 Conceded C 6 14 21
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
68% 54% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 57%
46% 23% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 14% 14%
21% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 7% 7%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 4%
43% 23% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 36%
32% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 43%
32% 46% 75% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 36%
 
4.6 5.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.5 5.1
4.3 4.4 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.2 4.8
1.8 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
354 166 46 Total Shots T S 43 153 343
137 66 12 Shots on Target S O 12 49 96
31% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 29% 27%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Lyonnais 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 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 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

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.