Week 20 features a match on Sun Jan 9th, where Reims and Clermont will play a match in Clermont-Ferrand in a clash of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Clermont recorded a 0-2 loss against Bastia. Santelli scored the first goal for Bastia in the 25th minute, then Antony Robic added another in the 70th minute on a feed from Benjamin Santelli At the end of 90 a dissapointed Clermont couldn’t manage to score, and Bastia took the shutout win. Clermont looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while reims is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Thaon. Fraser Hornby struck first for Reims in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Thaon couldn’t muster any offence and Reims ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Reims should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Nov 28th, Reims won by a score of 1 to 0. Ghislain Konan scored the first goal for Reims in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Clermont couldn’t manage to score, and Reims took the shutout win.
Reims’s most prolific scorer has been Hugo Ekitike. The French attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Both Mohamed Bayo and Jordan Tell have been the hottest scorers for Clermont in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Clermont will be without Jason Berthomier, Ogier, Josue Albert, Cedric Hountondji, Jerome Phojo and Jean Claude Billong, while Reims will be without Mathieu Cafaro and Arbër Zeneli.