August 28th features a match where Reims will play host to Olympique Lyonnais in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Reims is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Strasbourg. Alexander Djiku struck first for Strasbourg in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Adrien Thomasson, then Folarin Balogun tied it up for Reims in the 84th minute on a feed from Alexis Flips earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while olympique Lyonnais sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Troyes. Alexandre Lacazette scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 3rd minute, then Florian Tardieu tied it up for Troyes in the 39th minute. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Reims won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Olympique Lyonnais’s top weapon lately has been Mateus Martins, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Reims’s most prolific scorer has been Folarin Balogun. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Óscar García Junyent’s squad will be without Maxime Busi, Anastasios Donis, Nathanael Mbuku, Thomas Foket and Emmanuel Agbadou, while Peter Bosz’s squad will be without Moussa Dembélé and Anthony Lopes.