Week 27 features a match on Sun Mar 6th, where Strasbourg will travel to Reims to battle Reims in a clash of the Ligue 1. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 13th placed Reims, recorded a 2-1 win against Monaco. Wissam Ben Yedder scored the first goal for Monaco in the 55th minute, then Kevin Volland tied it up for Reims on an own goal in the 84th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 92nd minute on a goal by Nathanael Mbuku. Reims is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Strasbourg recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Nice. Neither Strasbourg nor Nice could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 21 and 3 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Strasbourg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Strasbourg and Reims battled to a 1-1 draw. Hugo Ekitike struck first for Reims in the 22nd minute, but Jean-Ricner Bellegarde got the equalizer for Strasbourg in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point.
Strasbourg’s top weapon lately has been Kévin Gameiro, who has three goals in the last five matches. For Reims, their top scorers are Marshall Munetsi and Hugo Ekitike, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Óscar García Junyent’s Reims squad will be without Valon Berisha, Anastasios Donis, Moussa Doumbia, Arbër Zeneli, Thomas Foket, Moreto Cassama, Yunis Abdelhamid and Hugo Ekitike, while Julien Stéphan’s squad will be without Majeed Waris, Maxime Le Marchand, Ismael Doukoure and Eiji Kawashima.