Week 37 brings us a match on May 14th where Saint-Étienne hosts Reims in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 18th placed Saint-Étienne is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Rennes. Lovro Majer struck first for Rennes in the 41st minute, then Lovro Majer added another in the 84th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Saint-Étienne couldn’t manage to score, and Rennes took the shutout win. Saint-Étienne looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Reims is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Lens. Arbër Zeneli struck first for Reims in the 28th minute, but Sotoca got the equalizer for Lens in the 55th minute But luckily in the 91st minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Seko Fofana. Reims is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Dec 11th, Reims hosted Saint-Étienne in their last match together. Reims won by a score of 2 to 0. El Toure scored the first goal for Reims in the 23rd minute on a penalty shot, then Nathanael Mbuku added another in the 89th minute In the end, Saint-Étienne couldn’t muster any offence and Reims ran away with the shutout win.
Arbër Zeneli has been the most prolific scorer on Reims in the last five matches with two goals. Saint-Étienne is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Mahdi Camara and Arnaud Nordin each having 2 goals in their last five
Enzo Crivelli, Wahbi Khazri, Ryad Boudebouz, Romain Hamouma, Joris Gnagnon, Falaye Sacko, Lucas Gourna Douath, Moueffek and Saidou Sow are unavailable to play for Pascal Dupraz’s team, while Ghislain Konan, Marshall Munetsi and Moreto Cassama are unavailable to play for Óscar García Junyent’s team.