Reims vs Lille Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics ✔️
✔️Reims have lost just twice in their last nine Ligue 1 matches against Lille (W5 D2), in April 2015 (1-3) and March 2016 (0-2), both away from home.
✔️Reims are unbeaten in 11 home matches in a row against Lille in Ligue 1 (W8 D3), since their loss 1-0 on 20th August 1966.
✔️Reims' head coach David Guion (30/09/1967) and Lille's head coach Christophe Galtier (23/08/1966) weren't born at that point.
✔️Reims are unbeaten in five Ligue 1 matches in a row (W2 D3), only Paris (15) are on a longer current run.
✔️Lille have lost just once in their last eight Ligue 1 matches (W6 D1), a loss against Marseille last 16 February (1-2).
✔️Reims have lost just once in their last 10 home matches in Ligue 1 (W4 D5), it was against Metz last January (0-1).
✔️Lille have won their last three matches away from home in Ligue 1, the joint-longest current run alongside Marseille.
✔️After registering a draw despite having a two-goal lead against Monaco in week one (2-2),
✔️Reims have failed to win after leading 2-0 for the first time since 13th April 2014 against St Etienne.
✔️Reims' El Bilal Touré has contributed to five goals in eight Ligue 1 matches (4 goals 1 assist), more than any other player born after the year 2000 in the top-flight.
✔️In the five major European leagues, only Greenwood (11), Ansu Fati (8) and Saka (6) have bettered this total.
✔️Lille's Jonathan Bamba has scored seven of his 26 Ligue 1 goals in August (27%), his most prolific month. He also scored on 28th August 2019 but failed to score again in the rest of 2019/20 campaign.
✔️Lille's recruit Sven Botman made five interceptions in week one against Rennes, accounting for more than the half of the interceptions made by his team (5/9) and also the second most on MD1 behind Lionel Carole (6).
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