Stade Reims vs Nantes Prediction: Reims’ victory never in doubt!

Stade Reims looked to have successfully stirred their boats from the raging storm after 2 wins in their last 2 matches. They had suffered 4 defeats in 5 league matches prior to both wins and they hope to continue building momentum in the coming games. Their next test will be a visit from Nantes at the Stade Auguste Delaune for the 19th fixture of the Ligue 1 season.

Nantes have not won a single game from their last 4 league games in a row. And there is only one objective for this team as they come into this game, and that is to win by all means necessary. But that might be just one of the most-impossible jobs for a team that has not beaten Reims at the Stade Auguste Delaune in their last 9 visits.

Stade Reims

Reims can look back at the last few weeks and build confidence for this game ahead of them. After back-to-back defeats against OGC Nice and RC Lens, they got back to winning ways, beating Le Havre and AS Monaco in their last 2 matches.

Their last league game against AS Monaco ended in a 3:1 victory for Stade Reims. Teddy Teuma opened the scoring for Reims in the 35th minute, but they lost the lead to Wissam Ben Yedder’s equalizer in the 49th minute. But that didn’t stop them, as they fought back to restore the lead through Reda Khadra in the 55th minute. And in the 95th minute, Azor Matusiwa scored Reims’ 3rd and final goal of the game to seal the 3:1 win.

Azor Matusiwa was a standout player for Reims in the game against AS Monaco. The Netherlands international scored a goal, while also handing out 31 out of 34 accurate passes, 3 out of 4 successful long balls and completing 2 of 3 dribbles in the game.

Stade Reims are currently in 6th place with 29 points from 9 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats in 18 matches played.

Nantes

With all indicators against them, Nantes are once again labeled underdogs in this clash and the reasons are absolutely justified. They are currently on a 4-match losing streak since the defeat to PSG. After that, they went on to lose against Stade Brest, Olympique Lyon and Clermont Foot 63.

Their most recent game was against Clermont Foot and they lost 2:1 while playing at home. Shamar Nicholson gave Clermont the opener in the 29th minute and Florent Mollet brought Nantes on level terms in the 47th minute. But they conceded a late goal by Jim Allevinah in the 89th minute and the game ended in a defeat at the final whistle. Despite the result, Nantes put up some impressive stats in the game, as they had 52% possession, 10 shots on target and 11 corner kicks.

Nantes are currently in 13th place on the league table, with 18 points from 5 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats in 18 matches.

Head to Head

Stade Reims leads the head-to-head by some distance. In 20 meetings, Reims won 10, while Nantes won 4 and they drew in 6 meetings.

Expert Analysis and Prediction

It looks like a straightforward victory for Reims who are by every indication the better side in the clash. Reims have won their last 3 meetings and did not concede a single goal in that time, while Nantes are without a clean sheet in the last 3 meetings. Reims scored the first goal in 4 of their last 5 meetings against Nantes and they both had less than 4.5 cards in 4 of their last 5 meetings. Finally, 5 of their last 7 matches ended with less than 10.5 corner kicks.

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