REIMS. Strasbourg conquers Reims 2-0 after H. Diallo scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II stadium in Reims on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Clément Turpin assisted by Nicolas Danos and Benjamin Pages. The 4th official was Florent Batta. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Reims was in firm control of the ball 73% while Strasbourg was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Reims was putting more pressure with 90 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Strasbourg was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Reims shot 15 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Strasbourg shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Reims received 2 yellow cards (Dion Lopy and Emmanuel Agbadou). On the other side, Strasbourg received 1 yellow card (Alexander Djiku).

Standings

After this contest, Reims will stay with 47 points to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Strasbourg will have 32 points like Nantes and Brest to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will play away with Clermont on the 30th of April with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Reims (6 draws).

Strasbourg will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 28th of April with a 11-3 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (3 draws).

Reims – Formation

Reims started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager William Still decided to play with the following team: Yehvann Diouf (6.4), Thomas Foket (6.1), Emmanuel Agbadou (6.6), Yunis Abdelhamid (6.9), Maxime Busi (6.4), Dion Lopy (6.3), Azor Matusiwa (6.2), Junya Ito (6.1), Marshall Munetsi (6.2), Mitchell Van Bergen (6.2) and Folarin Balogun (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Kamory Doumbia (7.0), Alexis Flips (7.5), Arbër Zeneli, Jens Cajuste (6.8), Valentin Atangana Edoa, Kaj Sierhuis (7.0), Cheick Keita, Thibault De Smet (6.8) and Alexandre Olliero.

Substitutions

Reims made 5 changes: Dion Lopy for Kamory Doumbia (55′), Mitchell van Bergen for Kaj Sierhuis (55′), Maxime Busi for Thibault De Smet (55′), Marshall Munetsi for Alexis Flips (70′) and Thomas Foket  for Jens Cajuste (70′).

Best player: Alexis Flips​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reims was Alexis Flips.

His rating is (7.5) with 14 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 6 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 70′.

Strasbourg – Formation

Strasbourg started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Frédéric Antonetti played with: Matz Sels (7.9), Lucas Perrin (7.6), Alexander Djiku (7.5), Maxime Le Marchand (7.1), Frédéric Guilbert (7.4), Ismael Doukoure (7.4), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (7.0), Thomas Delaine (6.9), Habib Diarra (8.3), Habib Diallo (8.0) and Morgan Sanson (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Ibrahima Sissoko (6.6), Jean-Eudes Aholou, Colin Dagba (6.5), Robin Risser, Lebo Mothiba, Dimitri Liénard, Kévin Gameiro (6.2), Sanjin Prcić and Yuito Suzuki.

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 5 changes: F. Guilbert for Colin Dagba (57′), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde for Ibrahima Sissoko (58′), Habib Diarra for Kévin Gameiro (61′), Ismaël Doukouré for Jean-Eudes Aholou (84′) and M. Sanson for Dimitri Liénard (84′).

Best player: Habib Diarra​

The player that probably impressed the most for Strasbourg was Habib Diarra even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 10 passes (40% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Olympique Lyonnais – Olympique Marseille – 1-2
• Reims – Strasbourg – 0-2
• Nice – Clermont – 1-2
• Ajaccio – Brest – 0-0
• Montpellier – Rennes – 1-0
• Nantes – Troyes – 2-2
• Lorient – Toulouse – 0-1