Montpeliier vs Reims Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Montpeliier lost their last two games against Reims in Ligue 1, after having won the previous four.
Montpeliier have lost only one of their five home games against Reims in Ligue1 (W3 D1), but it came last time out. on 24th February 2019 (24).
Montpeliier are winless in their last three Ligue 1 games (02 L1) for the first time since December 2019 (also 3).
Reims registered two points and zero wins after seven games in Ligue 1 2020/21, the lowest such tallies in their history at this stage of the competition. It is also thejoint-longest run of games without a victory amongst the current top-flight clubs (D2 L5), alongside Dijon.
Indeed, Reims last experienced a longer such drought between August-October 201 8 (8). Montpeliier have won five of their last six home games in Ligue 1, but lost the most recent one to Nimes (0-1). The MHSC haven't suffered two defeats in a row on their home ground in the top-flight since April 2018 (v Bordeaux and St Etienne).
Reims are winless in their last seven Ligue 1 away games (D4 L3), their longest such run since their return to the top-flight in 2018/19. Montpeliier have scored the most headed goals (5) in Ligue 1 this season, while Reims have conceded the most so far (3).
Montpeliier have been leading for 178 minutes in home games In Ligue 1 this season, more than any other team. Teji Savanier will be suspended for this game. In his absence, Montpeliier have scored an average of one goal per match in Ligue 1 since his arrival at the start of last season (9 in 9 matches).
In contrast, they’ve averaged 1.5 per game when the former Nimes player has been on the pitch (39 in 26 matches). Dereck Kutesa has delivered the assist for Reims' last two goals in Ligue 1. He delivered an assist in each of his last two games in the top-flight after failing to do so in the first 19.
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