A quick look at the Ligue 1 standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Read our Reims - Lorient match preview!
- Reims have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have the most conceded goals (19) in Ligue 1
Reims's stadium, Stade Auguste-Delaune II, has a grass surface. Lorient have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Lorient when playing on grass; 9 wins, 10 draws and 19 losses from 38 matches. They have scored {46 goals} in these games and conceded 73.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Reims form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Reims have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.
An away draw last time out for Reims, facing Toulouse in a game that ended 1-1. Ito, a natural forward, was the champion player for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 7.84 (out of 10). Ito hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Monaco (1-3).The Reims fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Reims's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lorient form and stats
Playing away, Lorient have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
Lorient are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Rennes (placed 9th). Those three points felt good as this team had gone five league rounds without victory. Touré, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.54. Touré scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that, Lorient travelled to Olympique Lyonnais and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.Goals galore? This club have played 7 consecutive league fixtures all ending with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
The travelling fans enjoy Lorient's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Lorient are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Reims have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Lorient.Top Goalscorers
  T. Teuma 4 goals |   R. Faivre 3 goals |  E. Kroupi 3 goals |
Reims missing players
Lorient missing players
| Reims | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 78% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.5 | 4.1 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.8 | 7.2 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.2 | 8.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 13.6 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 16.2 | 17.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
- All of Reims's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lorient have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Lorient have the most conceded goals (19) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lorient have yet to win a game away.
- Reims have scored in all their matches so far.
- Reims have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Ligue 1
- Reims haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monaco | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Nice | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 4 | Lille | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Brest | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Reims | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Nantes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Rennes | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Toulouse | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Le Havre | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Lorient | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Lens | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Metz | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Clermont | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Olympique Lyonnais | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -11 | 3 |
