In this week 38 match, on Saturday May 21st, Reims will play host to Nice 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 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. Reims sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Saint-Étienne. Marshall Munetsi struck first for Reims in the 2nd minute, then Eliaquim Mangala tied it up for Saint-Étienne in the 12th minute. Reims is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Nice, recorded a 1-3 loss against Lille. Justin Kluivert struck first for Nice in the 31st minute on a feed from Hicham Boudaoui, then Jonathan David tied it up for Lille in the 52nd minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 61st minute on a goal by Jonathan David to cap off a wild match. Nice is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 8th, Nice hosted Reims at the Allianz Riviera in their last match together. Nice and Reims battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Nice nor Reims could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Nice’s most prolific scorer has been Andy Delort. The French attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Reims is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Arbër Zeneli and Marshall Munetsi each having 2 goals in their last 5
Moussa Doumbia, Ghislain Konan, Marshall Munetsi, Moreto Cassama and Hugo Ekitike are unavailable to play for Óscar García Junyent’s team, while Christophe Galtier’s squad will be without Morgan Schneiderlin, Youcef Atal and Alexis Claude Maurice.