Olympique Lyonnais v Reims Match Preview, 29/11/2020

Match Facts

1. Lyon are winless in their last four Ligue 1 games against Reims (D2 L2) after winning their previous four. Only against Lille (8) they are on a longer drought against a current top-flight opponent.
2. Lyon are unbeaten in their last three home Ligue 1 games against Reims (W2 D1), after winning only once in their previous four (D1 L2).
3. Lyon are unbeaten in their last eight Ligue 1 games (W4 D4), the longest current streak with Metz among top-flight teams.
4. Reims have only picked up nine points after 11 Ligue 1 games in 2020/21, their lowest tally at this stage since 1978/79 (8, counting three points for a win). This season, le Stade were relegated.
5. Amongst ever-presents in the top-flight in this calendar year, Lyon are the only side unbeaten at home in Ligue 1 in 2020 (W5 D4).
6. Reims are unbeaten in their last three away Ligue 1 games (W1 D2), after winning only once in their previous nine (D4 L4). They scored 10 goals in these three games, as many as in their previous nine.
7. Lyon are the only team who have not concede a headed goal in Ligue 1 2020/21. In contrast, Reims have conceded more headed goals than any other side this season (6). Moreover, OL are, with St Etienne, one of the two top-flight teams who have not scored by this method this season.
8. Tino Kadewere has picked up seven points for Lyon thanks to his four goals, no player’s goals have seen more points for their side in Ligue 1 this season (2 v Strasbourg, 3 v St Etienne, 2 v Angers).
9. Memphis Depay hasn’t scored or assisted against Reims in two Ligue 1 games, the only opponent alongside Brest (1 game) against which the Lyon forward has never been directly involved in a goal in the French top-flight.
10. Boulaye Dia has scored eight goals in Ligue 1 this season, all away from home, being the top goalscorer in away games in the Top 5 European leagues. He has scored three goals following a take-on in Ligue 1 2020/21, more than any other player and already the same amount as the top goal scorer in this category in 2019/20, Habib Diallo.