Ligue 1 preview: Can Reims edge out victory against Strasbourg?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis Blériot N°2 (21029 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Reims in this fixture against Strasbourg, but the visitors will battle to the end. Here's the complete Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Reims have the most clean sheets (13) in Ligue 1
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 overall Ligue 1 results playing at home this season for Reims, who have the most clean sheets (13) in Ligue 1, are 7-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Reims are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Rennes. Defender Agbadou got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Agbadou won 8 of 12 duels.

In the match before that, Reims hosted Brest and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Reims handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

It should be considered that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Reims fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 15 league matches. Reims have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Strasbourg form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Strasbourg so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-8 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Strasbourg are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Strasbourg are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against Ajaccio (placed 19th). Defender Perrin was the best team player with a rating of 7.6. Perrin hit two key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Lens's place.

Strasbourg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 5 matches.

Observe that 18 of this team's 24 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Strasbourg have scored 20 goals in 15 league games away.

Head 2 Head

Reims have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when facing Strasbourg.

This happened when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Strasbourg - Reims 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

ReimsF. Balogun
F. Balogun
18 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
15 goals
StrasbourgK. Gameiro
K. Gameiro
9 goals

Reims missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reims Strasbourg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
11 7 4 Won W 1 2 6
14 5 1 Drew D 3 5 11
6 3 0 Lost L 1 8 14
40 24 9 Scored S 7 20 41
32 16 2 Conceded C 7 30 53
81% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
65% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 90%
42% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 61%
23% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 32%
13% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 13%
48% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 74%
42% 40% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 19%
 
4.3 4.9 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.7 3.8
4.5 3.9 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.4 5.8 4.5
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.5 2.1
8 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
14.5 17.3 19.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.1 11.6
5.1 5.9 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4.4 4.4
25% 27% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 30% 30%
 
13.6 12.7 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 12.5 12.3
4.5 4.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 5.4 4.8
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reims have the most clean sheets (13) in Ligue 1
  • Strasbourg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 31 23 3 5 73 30 16 12 2 2 37 19 15 11 1 3 36 11 43 72
2 Olympique Marseille 31 19 7 5 57 30 16 8 4 4 29 20 15 11 3 1 28 10 27 64
3 Lens 31 18 9 4 51 25 15 13 1 1 31 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 26 63
4 Monaco 31 18 7 6 66 43 16 9 2 5 36 27 15 9 5 1 30 16 23 61
5 Lille 31 16 7 8 56 39 16 10 4 2 33 23 15 6 3 6 23 16 17 55
6 Rennes 31 16 5 10 51 33 16 12 0 4 33 12 15 4 5 6 18 21 18 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 31 14 8 9 49 34 15 7 5 3 23 12 16 7 3 6 26 22 15 50
8 Reims 31 11 14 6 40 32 15 7 5 3 24 16 16 4 9 3 16 16 8 47
9 Nice 31 11 12 8 38 29 15 5 6 4 18 14 16 6 6 4 20 15 9 45
10 Lorient 31 12 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 5 5 6 22 28 0 45
11 Clermont 31 12 7 12 33 42 16 6 3 7 15 27 15 6 4 5 18 15 -9 43
12 Toulouse 31 11 5 15 47 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 15 5 1 9 21 29 -7 38
13 Montpellier 31 11 4 16 47 52 16 6 2 8 25 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -5 37
14 Auxerre 31 8 8 15 29 52 15 5 5 5 14 21 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 32
15 Nantes 31 6 13 12 33 44 15 4 7 4 17 19 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 31
16 Brest 31 7 10 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 3 5 8 17 25 -13 31
17 Strasbourg 31 6 11 14 41 53 16 4 6 6 21 23 15 2 5 8 20 30 -12 29
18 Troyes 31 4 9 18 39 67 15 1 9 5 16 24 16 3 0 13 23 43 -28 21
19 Ajaccio 31 6 3 22 22 58 15 3 1 11 9 25 16 3 2 11 13 33 -36 21
20 Angers SCO 31 3 5 23 24 66 16 2 3 11 16 31 15 1 2 12 8 35 -42 14

Reims:
Strasbourg:
Table
  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 31 23 3 5 73 30 16 12 2 2 37 19 15 11 1 3 36 11 43 72
2 Olympique Marseille 31 19 7 5 57 30 16 8 4 4 29 20 15 11 3 1 28 10 27 64
3 Lens 31 18 9 4 51 25 15 13 1 1 31 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 26 63
4 Monaco 31 18 7 6 66 43 16 9 2 5 36 27 15 9 5 1 30 16 23 61
5 Lille 31 16 7 8 56 39 16 10 4 2 33 23 15 6 3 6 23 16 17 55
6 Rennes 31 16 5 10 51 33 16 12 0 4 33 12 15 4 5 6 18 21 18 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 31 14 8 9 49 34 15 7 5 3 23 12 16 7 3 6 26 22 15 50
8 Reims 31 11 14 6 40 32 15 7 5 3 24 16 16 4 9 3 16 16 8 47
9 Nice 31 11 12 8 38 29 15 5 6 4 18 14 16 6 6 4 20 15 9 45
10 Lorient 31 12 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 5 5 6 22 28 0 45
11 Clermont 31 12 7 12 33 42 16 6 3 7 15 27 15 6 4 5 18 15 -9 43
12 Toulouse 31 11 5 15 47 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 15 5 1 9 21 29 -7 38
13 Montpellier 31 11 4 16 47 52 16 6 2 8 25 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -5 37
14 Auxerre 31 8 8 15 29 52 15 5 5 5 14 21 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 32
15 Nantes 31 6 13 12 33 44 15 4 7 4 17 19 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 31
16 Brest 31 7 10 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 3 5 8 17 25 -13 31
17 Strasbourg 31 6 11 14 41 53 16 4 6 6 21 23 15 2 5 8 20 30 -12 29
18 Troyes 31 4 9 18 39 67 15 1 9 5 16 24 16 3 0 13 23 43 -28 21
19 Ajaccio 31 6 3 22 22 58 15 3 1 11 9 25 16 3 2 11 13 33 -36 21
20 Angers SCO 31 3 5 23 24 66 16 2 3 11 16 31 15 1 2 12 8 35 -42 14

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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.