Reims vs Nimes Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Reims have won none of their last seven games against Nîmes in Ligue 1 (D3 L4), after winning six of their previous nine (D1 L2).
Reims have won none of their last three home games against Nîmes in Ligue 1 (D2 L1), after winning each of their previous five. They have failed to score in their last three home games against les Crocos in the top-flight, after drawing a blank only twice in their first 23.
Reims have failed to score in each of their last seven games in Ligue 1 against Nîmes, their worst run in the top-flight against a single opponent. Reims’ last goal-scorer against them in L1 was Alain Polaniok, in a 2-1 victory for les Champenois in November 1977.
Reims are unbeaten in their last three games in Ligue 1 (W2 D1), after losing five of their previous six (D1). They have scored four goals in two of their last four games in the top-flight, as many as in their previous 73.
Reims have lost nine points from leading positions in Ligue 1 2020/21, more than any other side and already two more than they lost last season (7).
Nîmes have lost each of their last four games in Ligue 1, with only St Etienne (6) currently on a longer run. They haven’t lost five consecutive games in the top-flight since October-November 1991 (also 5).
Nîmes have lost only one of their last three away games in Ligue 1 (W1 D1), after losing eight of their previous nine (W1).
Nîmes have conceded four goals in the first 15 minutes of games in Ligue 1 2020/21, with no team shipping more (level with St Etienne).
Reims’ forward Boulaye Dia has scored three goals after a successful take-on in the top-flight this season, more than any other player. Only Robert Lewandowski (11) has scored more goals than him in the Big 5 European Leagues this season (8).
Zinedine Ferhat has been involved in seven goals in his last nine games in Ligue 1 (4 goals, 3 assists), one more than in his first 24 (2 goals, 4 assists). He could become Nîmes’ first player to assist a goal in three consecutive L1 games since les Crocos were promoted to the top-flight in 2018/19.
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