Reims vs Strasbourg Prediction: Another tight game

Reims are without a win in their last 2 games, as they lost to Rennais 3-1 in their last match. Now they welcome Strasbourg to the Stade Auguste Delaune and they will be hoping to grab an important win. Strasbourg won their last match 3-1 against Ajaccio, but they are still in the relegation zone, with 2 points behind 16th placed Brest. They need to continue winning if they want any chance to survive relegation at the end of the season. Reims are 8th on the table and they are 3 points behind Lyon in 7th place. The last 3 meetings between these two teams have ended in a 1-1 draw.

Reims are struggling to get back to winning ways after going 2 matches without a win. They lost 3-0 to Stade Rennais after pulling off a 1-1 draw with Brestois. In the match against Rennais, Reims were already 2 goals down in the first 19 minutes through a Jeremy Doku double and in the second half, the hosts extended the lead through Arthur Theate. Reims had 49% possession, 1 shot on target and 4 corner kicks. Reims are in 8th place, with 47 points from 31 matches. They won 11, drew 14 and 6 and their goal ratio is 40:32.

Team streak: first to score (5/7), less than 4.5 cards (8/10), less than 10.5 corners (10/10).

• Goals per game (1.3)
• Big chances per game (2.6)
• Big chances missed per game (1.7)
• Total shots per game (13.9)
• Shots on target per game (4.9)
• Shots off target per game (5.8)
• Corners per game (4.3)
• Clean sheet (13)
• Goals conceded per game (16.6)

Strasbourg are also a very crucial position on the table and points are of the essence to them. Stasbourg managed to grab a 3-1 win against Ajaccio in their last match after back-to-back losses against Monaco and Lens. Against Ajaccio, Kevin Gameiro converted from the penalty spot in the 26th minute and Habib Diarra doubled their lead in the 71th minute. Ajaccio managed to pull one back in the 76th minute, but Strasbourg scored the 3rd goal in the 89th minute. Strasbourg had 43% possession, 6 shots on target and 5 corner kicks according to statistics.

Team streak: without a clean sheet (3), more than 2.5 goals (4/5), both teams scoring (4/5).

• Goals per game (1.3)
• Big chances per game (2.0)
• Big chances missed per game (1.3)
• Total shots per game (11.6)
• Shots on target per game (4.2)
• Shots off target per game (4.9)
• Corners per game (3.8)
• Clean sheet (3)
• Goals conceded per game (1.7)

Both teams have played each other 14 matches before now. Reims have 6 wins, while Strasbourg have 3 wins and 5 matches ended in a draw.

• Reims have no losses in 5 meetings.
• Strasbourg have no losses in 4 meetings.
• Reims are without a clean sheet in 3 meetings.
• Strasbourg are without a clean sheet in 5 meetings.
• There were less than 2.5 goals in 4/5 meetings.
• Both teams scored in 4/5 meetings.
• There were less than 4.5 cards in 6/8 meetings.
• There were less than 10.5 corners in 5/5 meetings.

• Reims (4-2-3-1): Yehvann Diouf, Thibault De Smet, Yunis Abdelhamid, Emmanuel Agbadou, Thomas Foket, Marshall Munetsi, Valentin Atangana Edoa, Arber Zeneli, Alexis Flips, Junya Ito.
• Strasbourg (5-3-2): Matz Sels, Frederic Guilbert, Lucas Perin, Alexander Djiku, Ismael Doukore, Eduard Sobol, Jean-RIcner Belegarde, Jean-Eudes Aholou, Morgan Sanson, Lebo Mothiba, Kevin Gameiro.

These two teams have played out a 1-1 draw in their last 3 meetings and these two are not high scoring teams. So we expect to see a very tight and close game between these two with chances at the premium.

• Bet on Under 3.5 Goals at 1.87 Odds
• Bet on 1st Half Under 1.5 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 1-1 at 6.9 Odds