Ligue 1: Reims conquers Saint-Étienne 2-0 on Saturday

REIMS. Reims prevails over Saint-Étienne with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by E. B. (21') and a goal from N. Mbuku (89').

REIMS. Reims prevails over Saint-Étienne with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by E. B. (21′) and a goal from N. Mbuku (89′).

The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II stadium in Reims on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Gaillouste with the help of Gwenaël Pasqualotti and Valentin Evrard. The 4th official was Cédric Dos Santos. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold around 2.9 degrees Celsius or 37.2 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 93%.​

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  Reims

  2

  

  Saint-Étienne

  0

  11 Dec 2021 Full time

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Reims was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Saint-Étienne that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Reims was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Reims won the encounter.

Reims shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Saint-Étienne shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Reims received 2 yellow cards (Ghislain Konan and W. Faes). On the opposite side, Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (Y. Macon and W. Khazri).

Also, Saint-Étienne didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after D. Bouanga (Saint-Étienne) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (45′).

After playing this match, Reims will have 19 points to stay in the 14th place. On the other side, Saint-Étienne will stay with 12 points like Metz to stay in the 20th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Ligue 1 match, Reims will play away against Olympique Marseille on the 22nd of December with a 4-4 head to head.

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  Olympique Marseille

  1

  

  Reims

  1

  22 Dec 2021 Full time

Saint-Étienne will host Nantes on the 22nd of December with a 10-3 head to head record in favor of Saint-Étienne (9 draws).

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  Saint-Étienne

  0

  

  Nantes

  1

  22 Dec 2021 Full time

Reims: Formation and Lineups

Reims started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Óscar García Junyent chose to play with the following team: Predrag Rajković (7.0), Alexis Flips (7.5), Thomas Foket (7.7), Wout Faes (6.9), Andrew Gravillon (7.2), Ghislain Konan (7.4), Ilan Kebbal (7.3), Azor Matusiwa (7.1), Dion Lopy (6.2), Hugo Ekitike (7.6) and El Bilal Toure (7.2).

Substitutes

Reims made 5 changes: D. Lopy for M. Cassama (64′), E. B. Toure for A. Donis (64′), Ghislain Konan for B. Locko (64′), I. Kebbal for N. Mbuku (74′) and A. Matusiwa for S. Sissoko (76′).

Top player: Thomas Foket

Probably the most impressive player in Reims was Thomas Foket even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 48 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Saint-Étienne: Formation and Lineups

Saint-Étienne started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Julien Sablé played with: Etienne Green (6.4), Gabriel Silva (6.4), Mickael Nade (7.1), Timothée Kolodziejczak (6.1), Miguel Trauco (6.4), Ryad Boudebouz (6.4), Mahdi Camara (7.1), Zaydou Youssouf (7.2), Arnaud Nordin (6.8), Wahbi Khazri (6.6) and Denis Bouanga (6.2).

Substitutes

Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: E. Green for S. Bajic (46′), S. Gabriel for Y. Macon (53′), Z. Youssouf for Y. Neyou (54′), A. Nordin for Y. Lhery (74′) and M. Trauco for J. Krasso (88′).

Top player: Zaydou Youssouf

The player who no doubt impressed Saint-Étienne the most was Zaydou Youssouf.

His rating is (7.2) with 18 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1

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  Brest

  0

  

  Montpellier

  4

  11 Dec 2021 Full time