Nantes and Reims will play on Sunday the 13th of February at 3:00 pm in the 24th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Nantes at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau. The chosen referee is Johan Hamel.
Nantes is in the 10th position in the league with 32 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Strasbourg in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 9 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
Reims sits in the 14th position in the standings with 27 points. It comes from a 5-0 win against Bordeaux in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 9 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Nantes
Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 34.78%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (2 times).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Reims with the following players: A. Lafont, Q. Merlin, D. Appiah, N. Pallois, A. Girotto, F. Pereira da Silva, P. Chirivella Burgos, M. Simon, R. Kolo Muani and L. Blas.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Nantes would be 27.10.
There are doubts about the presence of S. Moutoussamy.
J. Castelletto, C. Traoré, W. Cyprien, A. Limbombe Ekango and K. Coulibaly will definitely miss the match.
Reims
Reims has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-2-1 and 5-3-2 (3 times or 13.04% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-4-1 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Óscar García Junyent is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: P. Rajković, G. Konan, Y. Abdelhamid, W. Faes, M. Busi, B. Locko, M. Munetsi, A. Matusiwa, N. Mbuku, M. van Bergen and H. Ekitike.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Reims would be 24.90.
A. Gravillon, V. Berisha, J. Cajuste, M. Cassamã, M. Doumbia, T. Foket, E. Toure and A. Zeneli will definitely miss the match.
Óscar García Junyent will not be able to have the presence of D. Lopy who is suspended.