On Nov 13th, Reims will travel to Montpellier to battle Montpellier 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. In their last match, Montpellier recorded a 1-1 draw against Clermont. Teji Savanier struck first for Montpellier in the 10th minute on a penalty kick, but Komnen Andrić got the equalizer for Clermont in the 62nd minute on a penalty kick earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while 11th placed Reims is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Nantes. Folarin Balogun struck first for Reims in the 81st minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nantes couldn’t manage to score, and Reims took the shutout win. Reims is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. 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 5 matches. Wahi and Teji Savanier are the top scorers for Montpellier in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Romain Pitau’s squad will be without Pedro Mendes, Theo Sainte Luce, Stephy Mavididi, Dimitry Bertaud, Jonas Omlin, Maxime Esteve and Mbiayi, while William Still’s Reims squad will be without Marshall Munetsi and Andrew Gravillon.