REIMS. Reims defeats Le Havre 1-0 after K. Nakamura scored just 1 goal (25′). Reims was decisively better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Rassoul Ndiaye received a red card (21′). This red card was one of the reason why Le Havre lost the match.
The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II stadium in Reims on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Stéphanie Frappart assisted by Mikael Berchebru and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Gabriel Henry. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.97 degrees Celsius or 44.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Reims had a strong ball possession 65% while Le Havre was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Reims was more pushing with 104 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Reims won the match.
Reims shot 22 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Le Havre shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Reims received 1 yellow card (Thomas Foket). On the other side, Le Havre received 1 yellow card (Josué Casimir).
Also, Le Havre didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Rassoul Ndiaye (Le Havre) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (21′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Reims has 26 points like Lens to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Le Havre will stays with 19 points like Rennes to sit in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will play away with Monaco on the 14th of January with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Reims (9 draws).
Le Havre will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 14th of January with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (1 draw).
Reims – Formation
Reims started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager William Still decided to play with the following team: Yunis Abdelhamid, Yehvann Diouf , Thomas Foket , Joseph Okumu , Emmanuel Agbadou , Thibault De Smet , Reda Khadra , Azor Matusiwa , Teddy Teuma , Junya Ito , Mohamed Daramy and Keito Nakamura .
The home team had on the bench: Amine Salama, Oumar Diakité , Adama Bojang, Ibrahim Diakité, Killian Prouchet, Mamadou Diakhon, Amadou Koné, Alexandre Olliero and Amir Richardson .
Substitutions
Reims made 3 changes: Mohamed Daramy for Oumar Diakité (65′), Reda Khadra for Amir Richardson (81′) and Thomas Foket for Ibrahim Diakité (90′).
Player of the match: Emmanuel Agbadou
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Reims was Emmanuel Agbadou even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 95 passes (96% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 11.
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Luka Elsner played with: Arthur Desmas , Yoann Salmier , Étienne Youté Kinkoué , Gautier Lloris , Josué Casimir , Rassoul Ndiaye , Oussama Targhalline , Abdoulaye Touré , Christopher Operi , Emmanuel Sabbi , Mohamed Bayo .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mathieu Gorgelin, Oualid El Hajjam, Antoine Joujou , André Ayew , Arouna Sangante, Loïc Nego, Daler Kuzyaev , Yassine Kechta and Nabil Alioui .
Substitutions
Le Havre made 5 changes: Emmanuel Sabbi for Yassine Kechta (58′), Abdoulaye Touré for Nabil Alioui (58′), Christopher Operi for Daler Kuzyaev (84′), Oussama Targhalline for André Ayew (79′) and Mohamed Bayo for Antoine Joujou (79′).
Player of the match: Arthur Desmas
The player that probably impressed the most for Le Havre was the goalkeeper: Arthur Desmas. His rating is 7.75. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Montpellier – Olympique Marseille – 1-1
- Olympique Lyonnais – Nantes – 1-0
- Paris Saint Germain – Metz – 3-1
- Brest – Lorient – 4-0
- Reims – Le Havre – 1-0
- Clermont – Rennes – 1-3
- Nice – Lens – 2-0
- Toulouse – Monaco – 1-2
- Strasbourg – LOSC Lille – 2-1