Ligue 1 match preview and statistics: Saint-Étienne fight Reims

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Saint-Étienne languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Reims will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Saint-Étienne have played 12 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Nothing to worry about in defence for Saint-Étienne, as their goalkeeper Jessy Moulin has completely shut out the opponents for 234 minutes in the Ligue 1.

It's back home for Saint-Étienne, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rennes away with the result 2-0. Arnaud Nordin and Denis Bouanga found the net in that victory. Prior to that, an away loss at Sochaux in the Coupe de France.

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

Saint-Étienne aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. On the other hand, Saint-Étienne have conceded 17 goals.

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Reims form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reims so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Reims's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Lens (placed 6th). Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Valenciennes.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Reims in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Reims, four draws and three defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Reims's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Reims have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Reims - Saint-Étienne 3-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Saint-Étienne five wins, three draws and Reims two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReimsB. Dia
B. Dia
12 goals
Saint-ÉtienneD. Bouanga
D. Bouanga
4 goals
Saint-ÉtienneR. Hamouma
R. Hamouma
4 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Reims missing players

Saint-Étienne Reims
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 2 13 25
7 3 1 Won W 1 3 7
8 5 1 Drew D 0 4 8
10 4 1 Lost L 1 6 10
25 11 1 Scored S 1 20 31
36 17 1 Conceded C 1 21 33
92% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
76% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 77% 64%
40% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 69% 52%
28% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 32%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
44% 42% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 52%
32% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 15% 24%
32% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
10 9.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.7 9.6
3.2 3.3 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 3.3
32% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 43% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Reims 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 Lille 25 16 7 2 42 15 13 8 4 1 21 7 12 8 3 1 21 8 27 55
2 PSG 25 17 3 5 57 15 13 10 1 2 34 6 12 7 2 3 23 9 42 54
3 Olympique Lyonnais 25 15 7 3 51 22 13 8 3 2 28 12 12 7 4 1 23 10 29 52
4 Monaco 25 15 4 6 52 37 13 8 4 1 30 17 12 7 0 5 22 20 15 49
5 Rennes 24 10 8 6 31 26 13 5 3 5 15 17 11 5 5 1 16 9 5 38
6 Lens 25 10 7 8 35 34 12 4 4 4 17 17 13 6 3 4 18 17 1 37
7 Metz 25 9 8 8 29 24 13 5 4 4 16 13 12 4 4 4 13 11 5 35
8 Montpellier 25 10 5 10 41 45 13 5 1 7 24 27 12 5 4 3 17 18 -4 35
9 Olympique Marseille 23 9 7 7 29 26 11 4 3 4 15 14 12 5 4 3 14 12 3 34
10 Angers SCO 25 10 4 11 30 40 12 5 1 6 13 17 13 5 3 5 17 23 -10 34
11 Bordeaux 25 9 6 10 27 29 13 5 4 4 12 12 12 4 2 6 15 17 -2 33
12 Brest 25 9 4 12 37 44 12 7 1 4 24 21 13 2 3 8 13 23 -7 31
13 Reims 25 7 8 10 31 33 12 4 4 4 11 12 13 3 4 6 20 21 -2 29
14 Nice 24 8 5 11 28 33 12 3 2 7 13 22 12 5 3 4 15 11 -5 29
15 Saint-Étienne 25 7 8 10 25 36 12 3 5 4 11 17 13 4 3 6 14 19 -11 29
16 Strasbourg 25 8 4 13 34 40 12 3 3 6 14 17 13 5 1 7 20 23 -6 28
17 Lorient 24 6 5 13 30 45 12 5 1 6 18 21 12 1 4 7 12 24 -15 23
18 Nantes 25 4 10 11 25 40 12 2 6 4 12 19 13 2 4 7 13 21 -15 22
19 Nimes 24 5 3 16 22 51 11 1 1 9 12 27 13 4 2 7 10 24 -29 18
20 Dijon 25 2 9 14 17 38 13 0 6 7 4 14 12 2 3 7 13 24 -21 15

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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.