Media365 editorial team, published on Saturday January 11, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.
Reims hosts Nice this Saturday evening (7 p.m.) for the 17th day of Ligue 1. Here is everything you need to know about this meeting.
Now in the soft underbelly, Reims (11th, 20 points) will be keen to return to victory in L1, having not won since November 10 (3-0 at Le Havre). Opposite, Nice (6th, 27 points) could take advantage of Lille’s draw at Auxerre on Friday evening to climb at least one place in the event of success on the Reims pitch.
The stats to know (with Opta)
Reims lost 26 times in 72 Ligue 1 matches against Nice (22 wins, 24 draws), only posting a higher total of defeats against Saint-Etienne (29). The SdR remains in 11 matches without success in the elite against the Aiglons, being on a longer streak only against Lens (13).
The posters between Reims and Nice produce on average 1.4 goals per match in Ligue 1 in the 21st century (28 in 20 matches), the lowest among matches having been played more than 10 times since 2001. 6 of the last 8 clashes between the SdR and the OGCN in the elite ended with a score of 0-0, including each of the last 2 at the Stade Auguste-Delaune.
Reims have won only one of their last 9 Ligue 1 matches (3 draws, 5 defeats), after winning 4 of their first 7 in 2024-25 (2 draws, 1 loss).
Nice have only lost one of their last 12 Ligue 1 matches (6 wins, 5 draws), it was at Lyon on December 1 (1-4).
Reims has not won any of its last 4 home games in Ligue 1 (2 draws, 2 defeats) and could sign a 5th match in a row without success at home for the first time since April-October 2022 (3 draws, 5 losses).
Nice have won only one of their last 6 away matches in Ligue 1 (3 draws, 2 defeats). OGCN has conceded 6 goals in its last 2 trips to the elite (1-4 in Lyon, 2-2 in Montpellier), as many as in its first 6 in 2024-25.
Reims is one of the two teams, with Rennes, that Franck Haise has faced the most in Ligue 1 without ever losing (4 wins, 4 draws). The Nice coach, however, has only gleaned one success in 4 matches on the Auguste-Delaune pitch (3 draws).
