Reims vs Saint-Étienne match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Auguste-Delaune II

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sun 21.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Delaune II (21684 seats)

Reims will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Saint-Étienne.

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

Reims have collected 28 points from their home games so far after 7-7-2.

Reims drew their last game, 0-0 away at Monaco. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Lille.

This is expected to be a close game, with Reims perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Reims as a small favourite), we find five games. Reims has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Reims has scored 18 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. From these home matches, Reims have conceded only 12 goals.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

4-6-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Saint-Étienne in their matches away.

Saint-Étienne won their last game, 3-0 versus Bordeaux played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Amiens SC that ended 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 45 similar matches played by Saint-Étienne in our archives, and the results are: 14 wins for Saint-Étienne, 13 draws and 18 defeats.

Saint-Étienne are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Saint-Étienne have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Saint-Étienne - Reims 2-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 0 Reims victories, 4 draws and 5 Saint-Étienne wins.

Top Goalscorers

W. Khazri
13 goals / 5 assists
R. Oudin
10 goals / 3 assists
R. Cabella
6 goals / 3 assists

Reims missing players

Saint-Étienne missing players

Reims Saint-Étienne
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 16 Played 16 32
32 18 Scored 19 48
32 12 Conceded 24 37
81% 88% Over 0.5 94% 94%
59% 56% Over 1.5 75% 78%
28% 31% Over 2.5 44% 53%
19% 12% Over 3.5 38% 22%
9% 0% Over 4.5 19% 12%
47% 50% Both teams to score 50% 50%
41% 38% Clean Sheet 25% 31%
31% 25% Failed To Score 31% 25%
 
4.6 5.7 Corners For (avg) 5.2 5.8
5.5 3.7 Corners Against (avg) 4.9 4.6
1.7 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.8
2 1 Red Cards (total) 4 6
Key stats this season:
  • Reims is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 PSG 31 26 3 2 90 23 16 15 1 0 55 8 15 11 2 2 35 15 67 81
2 Lille 32 19 7 6 54 28 16 10 4 2 31 11 16 9 3 4 23 17 26 64
3 Olympique Lyonnais 32 16 8 8 53 40 16 10 3 3 30 16 16 6 5 5 23 24 13 56
4 Saint-Étienne 32 15 8 9 48 37 16 11 2 3 29 13 16 4 6 6 19 24 11 53
5 Olympique Marseille 32 15 6 11 49 43 16 10 4 2 29 12 16 5 2 9 20 31 6 51
6 Montpellier 32 12 12 8 44 36 16 7 6 3 26 16 16 5 6 5 18 20 8 48
7 Reims 32 11 15 6 32 32 16 7 7 2 18 12 16 4 8 4 14 20 0 48
8 Nice 32 13 9 10 23 29 15 8 3 4 13 12 17 5 6 6 10 17 -6 48
9 Strasbourg 32 10 14 8 54 40 16 6 7 3 29 19 16 4 7 5 25 21 14 44
10 Nîmes 32 12 7 13 47 47 16 7 5 4 25 16 16 5 2 9 22 31 0 43
11 Rennes 32 11 10 11 43 43 16 7 5 4 21 14 16 4 5 7 22 29 0 43
12 Angers SCO 32 9 14 9 39 38 16 5 7 4 21 18 16 4 7 5 18 20 1 41
13 Bordeaux 32 9 11 12 30 34 16 7 6 3 22 16 16 2 5 9 8 18 -4 38
14 Toulouse 32 8 11 13 30 46 16 4 7 5 16 19 16 4 4 8 14 27 -16 35
15 Nantes 31 9 7 15 35 40 15 6 4 5 26 19 16 3 3 10 9 21 -5 34
16 Monaco 32 7 11 14 31 46 17 3 6 8 15 26 15 4 5 6 16 20 -15 32
17 Amiens SC 32 8 8 16 26 45 16 6 3 7 18 21 16 2 5 9 8 24 -19 32
18 Dijon 32 6 7 19 24 48 16 3 4 9 11 25 16 3 3 10 13 23 -24 25
19 Guingamp 32 5 9 18 23 57 16 3 5 8 13 22 16 2 4 10 10 35 -34 24
20 Caen 32 4 11 17 24 47 16 2 5 9 12 24 16 2 6 8 12 23 -23 23

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