Reims and Olympique Lyonnais will play on Sunday the 20th of March at 5:05 pm in the 29th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Reims at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II. The referee will be Johan Hamel.
Reims sits in the 12th place in the standings with 35 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 11 times, and lost 9 times.
Olympique Lyonnais sits in the 10th position in the league with 41 points. It comes from a 2-4 loss against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 11 times, draw 9 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Reims
Reims has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 17.86%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (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), 3-5-1-1 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once), 5-4-1 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Óscar García Junyent is expected to play against Olympique Lyonnais with the following players: P. Rajković, Y. Abdelhamid, M. Busi, W. Faes, G. Konan, M. Munetsi, A. Matusiwa, A. Flips, F. Hornby, I. Kebbal and M. van Bergen.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Reims would be 25.27.
Óscar García Junyent will probably not be able to employ M. Doumbia because of injury.
A. Gravillon, J. Cajuste, E. Toure, H. Ekitike and A. Zeneli will definitely miss the match.
Óscar García Junyent will not be able to have the presence of A. Donis who is suspended.
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 60.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (17 times), 3-4-2-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (3 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Peter Bosz is expected to play against Reims with the following players: A. Lopes, E. Palmieri dos Santos, T. Mendes Ribeiro, C. Lukeba, L. Dubois, M. Caqueret, K. Toko Ekambi, H. Aouar and M. Dembélé.
If this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Olympique Lyonnais would be 26.67.
S. Diomande, X. Shaqiri and M. Cherki will definitely miss the match.