Stade Reims vs LOSC Lille Prediction: It's a risk betting on inconsistent teams.

Stade Reims and LOSC Lille are two teams who have their eyes tightly fixed on European Competitions for next season. Although at the moment, both clubs are struggling to keep up with the battle for a European spot. 

Stade Reims are currently ranked 8th on the league table with 34 points and LOSC Lille are 5th with 38 points. Both clubs are hoping to get back to their very best after a series of poor results.

A win for LOSC Lille in this game might see them leapfrog into 4th place ahead of OGC Nice, of course if Nice fail to win their own game. And Stade Reims can also advance into 6th or 7th spot if they win and if either or both of RC Lens and Stade Rennes fail to win their games.

Stade Reims

Stade Reims are hardly proving themselves worthy of the top 6 spot following their very poor run of results in recent weeks. Stade Reims finally won for the first time since their defeat to Sochaux in the Coupe de France last month. So in their last 5 league games, they earned just 1 win while suffering 2 defeats and getting 2 draws. Beyond doubt, they are struggling at the moment.

Last weekend, Stade Reims defeated Le Havre 2-1 at the Stade Oceane. Mohamed Daramy opened the scoring in the 64th minute to put Reims in the lead and then Thomas Foket was sent off 2 minutes later for a foul. And in the 74th minute Abdoulaye Toure equalized for Le Havre from the penalty spot but in the 96th minute Mohamed Daramy converted a penalty to hand 10-man Stade Reims the win.

Mohammed Daramy will be expected to start the game against LOSC Lille. He scored 2 goals against Le Havre after coming on to replace Keito Nakamura in the 63rd minute. Therence Koudou is also most likely going to replace Thomas Foket who picked up a red card in the game against Le Havre.

LOSC Lille

Lille have every reason to be worried about keeping their spot on the table. Their recent performances have been very poor and they might be heading down the table in no time unless there's a change. LOSC Lille managed to win 1 game from their last 4 games in all competitions and they lost the other 3 games.

Last weekend LOSC Lille lost 3-1 against Toulouse at the Stadium de Toulouse. Despite taking the lead in the first half through Hakon Arnar Haraldsson in the 45th minute, LOSC Lille conceded 3 goals in the second half and lost the game. The team was poor in the game, especially in the second half. Lucas Chevalier, Alexsandro Riberio and Angel Gomes were arguably the worst players on the pitch. Jonathan David also looked lost for most parts of the game despite providing the assist for Hakon Haraldsson’s goal in the first half.

Paulo Fonseca will have a tough decision to make about how his team sets up for the game against Stade Reims. He deployed a 4-2-3-1 formation in the game against Toulouse and it's likely he might retain the same setup and hope for the best.

Head to Head

According to the h2h, in the last 20 meetings between both clubs, Stade Reims have won 9 matches, while LOSC Lille have won 7 and 4 matches ended in a draw.

Analysis and Predictions

It would be a risk to bank on either side to turn up here. Both sides have not been able to maintain a consistent run of form and it's difficult to see which team will play better in this match.

According to the analysis of the h2h, Stade Reims are unbeaten in the last 4 meetings and LOSC Lille are without a clean sheet in the last 6. Both teams scored in 5 of their last 6 meetings and there were less than 4.5 cards in those games. There were also less than 10.5 corners in 8 of their last 9 meetings.

• 3 Way Total Corners Under 10 at 1.85 Odds
• 3 Way Total Corners Under 10 at 1.85 Odds
• Both teams to Score at 1.70 Odds