Ligue 1 match preview: Reims believed to be the weaker party when Olympique Lyonnais pays a visit

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 15:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Delaune II (21029 seats)

Look at this absorbing match in the Ligue 1. Reims is in the 19th place after completing three matches. They receive Olympique Lyonnais who are placed 4th after two games.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an in-your-face game!

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Reims form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Ligue 1 game of the season here at Stade Auguste-Delaune II. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from Reims's 19 home games.

The home team returns to Stade Auguste-Delaune II after drawing with Strasbourg (placed 14th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Balogun has scored in three games in a row. Impressive! The attacker Balogun was announced as "man of the match" for Reims with a rating of 7.84/10. Balogun scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Clermont with the scoreline 2-4.

Reims are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Angers SCO awaits in three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Reims's 1 home game: 2 goals, 4 conceded.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Impressive finishing from Tetê (2), Lacazette and Tagliafico secured the home win 4-1 against Troyes in their previous game. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Lacazette and that is solid stuff! Tetê, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.83. Tetê scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Ajaccio.

A quick return to home after this game, as Lyon are hosting Auxerre in the Ligue 1 only three days away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reims three wins, four draws and Olympique Lyonnais three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReimsF. Balogun
F. Balogun
3 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Lemos Martins
M. Lemos Martins
3 goals
Olympique LyonnaisA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
2 goals

Reims missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Reims Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 0 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 2 Scored S 0 0 6
9 4 4 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
67% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
5.7 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
2.3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.3 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11.5
6 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5.5
22% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 55%
 
12.7 11 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 6
5 6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2.5
Reims Last season Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 5   Won W   6 17
13 6   Drew D   6 11
14 8   Lost L   7 10
43 25   Scored S   24 66
44 23   Conceded C   26 51
84% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 82%
42% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 55%
18% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 34%
13% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 26%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   58% 68%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 24%
34% 32%   Failed to Score F T   21% 13%
 
4.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.9
5.5 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.7
1.8 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.7
7 2   Red cards R C   5 6
 
10.4 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   13.8 14.7
3.8 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 5.1
30% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 34%
 
13.4 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   13.7 12.1
3.9 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.7

  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 3 3 0 0 17 3 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 12 1 14 9
2 Lens 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
3 Olympique Marseille 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 Olympique Lyonnais 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
5 Clermont 3 2 0 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 -2 6
6 Toulouse 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
7 Brest 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 4
8 Lorient 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
9 Rennes 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
10 Auxerre 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 4
11 Monaco 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
12 Lille 3 1 1 1 6 9 2 1 0 1 5 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 4
13 Montpellier 3 1 0 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 3
14 Strasbourg 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
15 Nantes 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
16 Nice 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Angers SCO 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
18 Ajaccio 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
19 Reims 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
20 Troyes 3 0 0 3 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 7 -7 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31

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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.