Reims vs Montpellier

3 June 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Pierre Gaillouste

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–0

Folarin Balogun 28’

Sepe Elye Wahi 54’, 76’
Arnaud Nordin 59’

Match summary

Montpellier came from behind to win 3-1 away at Reims. Reims led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Folarin Balogun put Reims ahead from a corner in the 28th minute, set up by Thomas Foket. In the second half, Sepe Elye Wahi equalised with a header in the 54th minute, set up by Téji Savanier, Arnaud Nordin put Montpellier in front in the 59th minute, and Wahi made it 1-3 in the 76th minute.

The chances backed that up: Montpellier created 2.22 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Reims's 1.84 from 11.

Match stats

11 Shots 16

5 Shots on Target 8

4 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.84 xG 2.22

1.84 Non-penalty xG 2.22

5 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Reims Montpellier

Kick-off

Folarin Balogun
Assist: Thomas Foket1-0

28’

Half-time1-0

54’

Sepe Elye Wahi
Assist: Téji Savanier1-1

59’

Arnaud Nordin1-2

76’

Sepe Elye Wahi1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Reims

Yunis Abdelhamid

Montpellier

Léo Leroy
Arnaud Nordin

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.

Reims 1.84 xGMontpellier 2.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Montpellier attacking Reims 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
Yehvann Diouf	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Foket	DEF	77		1	1	0.07	0.81	1
Yunis Abdelhamid	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Cheick Keita	DEF	77			1	0.01	0.00	0
Thibault De Smet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.30	1
Azor Matusiwa	MID	89			1	0.02	0.04	2
Jens Cajuste	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Junya Ito	MID	90			0	0.00	0.16	3
Marshall Munetsi	MID	90			2	0.33	0.46	1
Alexis Flips	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Folarin Balogun	FWD	90	1		4	1.32	0.00	0
Mamadou Diakhon	Sub	19			1	0.04	0.00	0
Maxime Busi	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valentin Atangana Edoa	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.06	2
Kamory Doumbia	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kaj Sierhuis	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Benjamin Lecomte	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Falaye Sacko	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christopher Jullien	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxime Estève	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Theo Sainte Luce	DEF	81			0	0.00	0.11	1
Joris Chotard	MID	90			1	0.06	0.20	4
Léo Leroy	MID	64			2	0.08	0.05	1
Arnaud Nordin	MID	90	1		3	0.49	0.00	0
Téji Savanier	MID	90		1	3	0.11	0.41	1
Faitout Maouassa	MID	64			2	0.45	0.00	0
Sepe Elye Wahi	FWD	81	2		3	0.89	0.43	1
Jordan Ferri	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stephy Mavididi	Sub	26			2	0.13	0.10	1
Valère Germain	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thibault Tamas	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Axel Gueguin	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Reims win 52% Avg odds 1.82

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.23

Montpellier win 25% Avg odds 3.81

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

Form going into the game

Reims L W L D L

Montpellier W L D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Montpellier 1-1 Reims, 13 Nov 22 Next meeting: Montpellier 1-3 Reims, 27 Aug 23 All Reims vs Montpellier meetings

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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