In this week 3 match, on Sunday Aug 21st, Strasbourg will play host to Reims in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 15th placed Strasbourg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Nice. Andy Delort struck first for Nice in the 35th minute on a penalty kick, then Kévin Gameiro got the equalizer for Strasbourg in the 55th minute on a feed from Adrien Thomasson squeezing out at least the one point for Strasbourg. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while reims sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-4 loss against Clermont. Kamory Doumbia struck first for Reims in the 23rd minute on a penalty kick, then Folarin Balogun added another in the 30th minute from the penalty spot Finally they completed the comback victory in the 72nd minute on a goal by Muhammed Cham Saracevic to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Reims’s top weapon lately has been Folarin Balogun, who has two goals in the last five matches. Adrien Thomasson and Habib Diallo are the top scorers for Strasbourg in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Julien Stéphan’s Strasbourg squad will be without Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, Ibrahima Sissoko and Nordin Kandil, while Óscar García Junyent’s squad will be without Maxime Busi, Anastasios Donis, Nathanael Mbuku and Thomas Foket.