Reims & Lille meet on Match-day 33
Ligue 1 action on Wednesday as Reims and Lille meet at the Stade Auguste Delaune – 7:00pm GMT.
Lille will travel to Reims, as ninth plays thirteenth in the table.
Reims’ campaign so far has seen them accrue 37 points this season
Reims’s next opponents will smell blood if they begin the next match with all guns blazing. Whilst it’s understandable that they may want to do this, after their recent 0-0 draw at Montpellier and previous loss to Rennes, The Red and Whites must get a positive result and keep defensively solid.
Also, Reims need to find a way to win football matches, as they are gaining a reputation for draws and losses. Now they have 8 matches won, 11 games lost and 13 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in thirteenth place, with a total of 37 points having won eight fixtures, drawn 13 games, and lost 11 meetings.
Reims have won four matches, drawn six matches, and lost five meetings of their 15 League matches at home this season.
Winning this fixture will see Reims on 40 points.
Oscar Garcia will be forced to make changes to the plans for his squad, as injury or illness has depleted him of three of his Reims players.
Lille go into this fixture with 48 points secured
The warning signs are there for Jocelyn Gourvennec going into this game, following a loss to RC Lens in their last game and a draw against Angers SCO before that. Only a positive result will be good enough.
Also, football is a simple game, first don’t lose, and Lille achieved this now in 17 of their last 20 games. With 48 points, they currently sit ninth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 12 wins, 8 losses and 12 draws having won 12 matches, drawn 12 meetings, and lost eight fixtures.
Lille’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Reims. In the 16 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won six games, drawn five fixtures, and lost five meetings.
A victory for Lille would put them on 51 points.
Lille’s ever growing list of players missing due to injury or illness to be a concern for Jocelyn Gourvennec, ahead of this Wednesday’s fixture against their opponents.
Reims v Lille – Head-to-Heads.
Regarding their historical duels predicting the outcome of this fixture is problematic, as both sides have managed to get a win on 18 occasions out of the last seven wins matches. September 2021 was the most recent time these two clashed in this competition and Reims took all three points winning 2-1.
Other players of note for Reims are Jens-Lys Cajuste and Marshall Munetsi with two goals and two goals respectively and for Lille are Tiago Djalo and Botman Sven with two goals both.
