Nimes vs Reims

2 May 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Benoît Millot

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Renaud Ripart 47’
Moussa Koné 71’

Nathanael Mbuku 30’
Alexis Flips 80’

Match summary

The points were shared as Nimes and Reims drew 2-2. Reims led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Nathanael Mbuku put Reims ahead in the 30th minute, set up by Xavier Chavalerin. In the second half, Renaud Ripart equalised in the 47th minute, set up by Zinedine Ferhat, Moussa Koné put Nimes in front in the 71st minute, set up by Zinedine Ferhat, and Alexis Flips equalised in the 80th minute, set up by Thomas Foket.

Nimes had the better of the chances, with 2.48 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Reims's 0.65 from 12.

Match stats

18 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 7

10 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.42 xG 0.65

2.42 Non-penalty xG 0.65

7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Nimes Reims

Kick-off

30’

Nathanael Mbuku
Assist: Xavier Chavalerin0-1

Half-time0-1

Renaud Ripart
Assist: Zinedine Ferhat1-1

47’

Moussa Koné
Assist: Zinedine Ferhat2-1

71’

80’

Alexis Flips
Assist: Thomas Foket2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Nimes

Gaetan Paquiez
Moussa Koné

Reims

Thibault De Smet
Arbër Zeneli

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Nimes 2.48 xGReims 0.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Reims attacking Nimes attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Baptiste Reynet	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gaetan Paquiez	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.02	1
Loïck Landre	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Naomichi Ueda	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Birger Meling	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.57	2
Lucas Deaux	MID	88			1	0.04	0.13	2
Sidy Sarr	MID	49			2	0.07	0.35	1
Renaud Ripart	MID	90	1		3	0.64	0.00	0
Yassin Benrahou	MID	67			1	0.04	0.04	2
Zinedine Ferhat	MID	90		2	3	0.99	1.07	5
Moussa Koné	FWD	89	1		1	0.38	0.00	0
Lamine Fomba	Sub	41			3	0.18	0.00	0
Niclas Eliasson	Sub	23			1	0.06	0.03	1
Matteo Ahlinvi	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Haris Duljevic	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick Burner	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Predrag Rajkovic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Foket	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.06	2
Yunis Abdelhamid	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Marshall Munetsi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thibault De Smet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Xavier Chavalerin	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.34	3
Dion Lopy	MID	90			1	0.03	0.04	2
Moreto Cassamã	MID	76			0	0.00	0.04	1
Nathanael Mbuku	FWD	83	1		2	0.08	0.00	0
Boulaye Dia	FWD	90			1	0.29	0.00	0
Arbër Zeneli	FWD	67			1	0.05	0.00	0
Dereck Kutesa	Sub	23			2	0.04	0.00	0
Alexis Flips	Sub	14	1		2	0.03	0.00	0
Kaj Sierhuis	Sub	7			1	0.06	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nimes win 41% Avg odds 2.32

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.24

Reims win 29% Avg odds 3.25

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Nimes W L D D L

Reims W D D D L

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.

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