Nantes v Reims Match Preview, 02/04/2023

Match Facts

1. Nantes have lost seven of their last 11 games in Ligue 1 against Reims (W3 D1), having gone unbeaten in the previous nine (W5 D4).
2. Nantes have lost only one of their last 11 home games against Reims in Ligue 1 (W6 D4), that was on 3 March 2021 (1-2).
3. Nantes have 30 points after 28 matches in Ligue 1 this season. Of the five occasions FCN have had so few points at this stage of the competition (counting three points for a win), they have only finished above 17th place once (30 points in 2001-02, finishing 10th).
4. Despite their loss against Marseille (1-2) in the last game, Reims have 43 points after 28 matches in Ligue 1, their joint-best total at this stage of the competition in the 21st century along with 2018-19 (finishing 8th).
5. Nantes have lost two of their last four home games in Ligue 1 (W1 D1), as many as in their previous 20 (W10 D8).
6. Reims are the team with the most away draws across the big five European leagues in 2022-23 (9), drawing eight of their last 10 league games on the road (W2). Nevertheless, Will Still's team won their most recent away game (1-0 in Monaco) and could win two consecutive away games in the top-flight for the first time this season.
7. Reims have not conceded a goal in their last three Ligue 1 away games (0-0 at Auxerre, 0-0 at Nice and 1-0 at Monaco) and could equal their longest run of away clean sheets previously achieved between August-September 1953 (4).
8. Nantes attempted three shots following a fast break in their last Ligue 1 match against Lyon (one of which resulted in Lukeba’s own goal), as many as in their previous nine.
9. Ludovic Blas is the player who has attempted (49) and completed (17) the most shots from outside the box in Ligue 1 this season. The last two goals of the Nantes midfielder in the top-flight were scored outside the box: on 12 February against Lorient and on 4 March in Paris.
10. Reims winger Junya Ito has won possession 25 times in the final third in Ligue 1 this season, the joint-highest total alongside Lille's Remy Cabella.