Ligue 1 game preview: Reims versus Bordeaux

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Delaune II (21029 seats)

Bordeaux have rested up following their 4-3-match vs Strasbourg and are eager to face Reims. Get all the information!

Insights:
  • Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bordeaux have the most conceded goals (53) in Ligue 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Reims form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Reims at their home stadium (Stade Auguste-Delaune II) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. When Reims hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Reims, Troyes, Lorient, Saint-Etienne, Clermont and Metz), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 285 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ekitike was the last player to find the net.

Busi (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.14/10. Busi hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting PSG (0-4).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Reims have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won two times, drawn five and lost three.

Reims are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Reims have conceded 11 in these home matches. Reims has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Bordeaux form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bordeaux so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

Bordeaux had fun at their own home (Stade Auguste-Delaune II) last time out, beating Strasbourg 4-3. Elis and Hwang (3) scored. Hwang, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.0. Hwang scored three goals.

Prior to that match, the Bordeaux manager Petković faced defeat when travelling to Rennes and losing 0-6.

Bordeaux are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, three draws and seven defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Bordeaux has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Bordeaux concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. When Bordeaux is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Troyes, Lorient, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Clermont and Metz.

Head 2 Head

Bordeaux - Reims 3-2 was the story when these two teams formerly met, some time ago this season. Reims-Bordeaux H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Reims five wins, Bordeaux two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BordeauxU. Hwang
U. Hwang
9 goals
ReimsH. Ekitike
H. Ekitike
8 goals
BordeauxA. Elis Martínez
A. Elis Martínez
8 goals

Reims missing players

Bordeaux missing players

Reims Bordeaux
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 5 Played P 4 10 22
5 3 2 Won W 2 2 4
9 3 1 Drew D 2 4 8
8 4 2 Lost L 0 4 10
22 11 4 Scored S 8 15 34
27 11 3 Conceded C 6 29 53
82% 80% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 60% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
36% 40% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 90% 73%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 60% 55%
9% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 40% 41%
50% 40% 20% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 77%
32% 40% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
36% 40% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 23%
 
5 6.4 7.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.6 3.9
5.5 4.4 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.2 5.8
2.2 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.4 13.1 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 10.8 11.7
3.6 4.3 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 4.1
28% 26% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 43% 37%
 
11.8 9.8 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 15.7 15.2
3.6 2.8 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.5 5.8
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Bordeaux's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bordeaux have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Bordeaux have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Bordeaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bordeaux have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the most conceded goals (53) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bordeaux haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reims have won significantly more corners at home than 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 22 16 5 1 46 18 11 10 1 0 27 6 11 6 4 1 19 12 28 53
2 Nice 22 13 4 5 36 18 11 5 3 3 16 13 11 8 1 2 20 5 18 42
3 Olympique Marseille 21 11 7 3 30 16 11 4 5 2 17 11 10 7 2 1 13 5 14 40
4 Strasbourg 22 10 5 7 44 29 11 6 2 3 26 13 11 4 3 4 18 16 15 35
5 Rennes 22 10 4 8 41 21 11 7 1 3 25 8 11 3 3 5 16 13 20 34
6 Montpellier 22 10 4 8 37 30 12 7 2 3 22 13 10 3 2 5 15 17 7 34
7 Monaco 22 9 6 7 35 26 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 3 3 5 12 15 9 33
8 Lens 22 9 6 7 36 31 11 5 4 2 19 11 11 4 2 5 17 20 5 33
9 Nantes 22 9 5 8 30 27 11 6 2 3 18 12 11 3 3 5 12 15 3 32
10 Lille 22 8 8 6 30 30 10 5 4 1 14 11 12 3 4 5 16 19 0 32
11 Olympique Lyonnais 21 8 8 5 29 27 11 5 5 1 19 12 10 3 3 4 10 15 2 31
12 Angers SCO 22 7 8 7 28 29 11 5 1 5 14 14 11 2 7 2 14 15 -1 29
13 Brest 22 7 7 8 28 33 11 4 3 4 15 16 11 3 4 4 13 17 -5 28
14 Reims 22 5 9 8 22 27 10 3 3 4 11 11 12 2 6 4 11 16 -5 24
15 Clermont 22 5 6 11 22 39 11 3 4 4 12 14 11 2 2 7 10 25 -17 21
16 Troyes 22 5 5 12 20 31 11 2 4 5 11 13 11 3 1 7 9 18 -11 20
17 Bordeaux 22 4 8 10 34 53 12 2 4 6 19 24 10 2 4 4 15 29 -19 20
18 Metz 22 4 7 11 24 43 11 1 4 6 14 23 11 3 3 5 10 20 -19 19
19 Lorient 22 3 8 11 18 38 10 3 4 3 8 9 12 0 4 8 10 29 -20 17
20 Saint-Etienne 22 3 6 13 19 43 11 1 4 6 11 23 11 2 2 7 8 20 -24 15

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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.