ASSE-SDR: pre-match stats

Direction Geoffroy Guichard for our Rouge et Blanc who face AS Saint-Étienne for this first match of the year. Discover 5 Opta stats to wait until this 16th day of Ligue 1 Mcdonald's:

• St Etienne have lost 4 of their last 6 Ligue 1 matches against Reims (2 draws) after remaining unbeaten in the previous 16 (9 wins, 7 draws).
• St Etienne have lost 10 of their 15 Ligue 1 matches this season (4 wins, 1 draw), their highest total at this stage of a season behind 2008/09 (11 – 17th out of 20 and maintained at the end of the financial year). ).
• Reims has kept a clean sheet in its last two away matches in Ligue 1 (3-0 at Le Havre and 0-0 at Strasbourg).
• Reims players are the only ones to display at least 50% successful dribbles in Ligue 1 this season (153/306).
• Mamadou Diakhon is the player who has played the most matches in Ligue 1 this season (11) while not starting any, his teammate at Reims Oumar Diakité being the player with the most matches started this season without any. finish just one (14).