Saint-Étienne have rested after their 0-5-match versus Rennes and are eager to go again when travelling to Reims. Here's all the details!
- Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Ligue 1
This should be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Reims form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Reims have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
The Reims crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Angers SCO here at Stade Auguste-Delaune II in a Ligue 1 match. Hugo Ekitike, a striker, was the best performer for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 7.34 (out of 10). Ekitike scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that match, a win away at Olympique Lyonnais.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Reims have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn six and lost two.
The Reims fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Reims's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Reims has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Saint-Étienne have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-2-5 (8 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Saint-Étienne as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Troyes match.
Saint-Étienne aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 247 league minutes without a goal. D. Bouanga was the last player to find the net.
Saint-Étienne's previous game was their home loss versus Rennes (0-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Rennes was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Saint-Étienne goalkeeper Etienne Green was glad for a wonderful day vs Rennes, but even with achieving six saves the beating could not be avoided. Wahbi Khazri, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Khazri hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-1 defeat away at Brest before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Saint-Étienne in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Saint-Étienne, one draw and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Saint-Étienne as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Saint-Étienne have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Reims wins - draws - Saint-Étienne wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Ekitike 7 goals |   W. Khazri 7 goals |  D. Bouanga 3 goals |
Reims missing players
Saint-Étienne missing players
| Reims | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 37 |
| 82% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 88% |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 59% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 59% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 71% |
| 29% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 6% |
| 29% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.5 | 12.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.6 | 12.5 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 30% | 25% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 11.2 | 9.8 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 13.4 | 12.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
- Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saint-Étienne have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Saint-Étienne have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne 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 | PSG | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | Rennes | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Nice | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Lens | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 26 |
| 7 | Monaco | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Brest | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Lille | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Olympique Lyonnais | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | Nantes | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Reims | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Troyes | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 16 | Lorient | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 15 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 14 |
| 18 | Clermont | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Metz | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -20 | 12 |