Reims and Saint-Étienne will face on Saturday the 11th of December at 9:00 pm in the 18th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Reims at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II. The chosen referee is Pierre Gaillouste.
Reims sits in the 14th place in the table with 19 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 4 times, draw 7 times, and lost 6 times.
Saint-Étienne occupies the 20th position in the table with 12 points. It comes from a 0-5 loss against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won twice, draw 6 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Reims
Reims has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-1-2 and 4-3-3 (3 times or 17.65% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Óscar García Junyent is expected to play against Saint-Étienne with the following players: P. Rajković, Y. Abdelhamid, A. Gravillon, W. Faes, G. Konan, D. Lopy, A. Matusiwa, T. Foket, A. Flips, H. Ekitike and I. Kebbal.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Reims would be 24.50.
F. Doucouré, M. Cassamã, M. Munetsi and A. Zeneli will definitely miss the match.
Óscar García Junyent will not be able to have the presence of V. Berisha who is suspended.
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 35.29%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Julien Sablé is expected to play against Reims with the following players: E. Green, T. Kolodziejczak, M. Nade, Y. Macon, A. Aouchiche, M. Camara, R. Boudebouz, A. Nordin, W. Khazri and J. Krasso.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Saint-Étienne would be 26.40.
There are doubts about the presence of H. Moukoudi.
Y. Neyou Noupa and R. Hamouma will definitely miss the match.