Reims vs Nantes

26 September 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Eric Wattellier

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Thomas Foket 51’
  • Hugo Ekitike 72’, 78’
  • Moses Simon 62’

Match summary

Reims won 3-1 at home to Nantes. It was goalless at half-time.

Thomas Foket put Reims ahead with a header in the 51st minute, set up by Alexis Flips, Moses Simon equalised in the 62nd minute, set up by Pedro Chirivella, Hugo Ekitike put Reims back in front in the 72nd minute, set up by Alexis Flips, and Ekitike made it 3-1 in the 78th minute, set up by Ilan Kebbal.

The chances backed that up: Reims created 1.23 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Nantes's 0.79 from 11.

Match stats

Reims Nantes
9 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.23 xG 0.77
1.23 Non-penalty xG 0.77
5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Reims Nantes
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Thomas Foket
Assist: Alexis Flips1-0 (Reims)
51’
62’
Moses Simon
Assist: Pedro Chirivella1-1 (Nantes)
Hugo Ekitike
Assist: Alexis Flips2-1 (Reims)
72’
Hugo Ekitike
Assist: Ilan Kebbal3-1 (Reims)
78’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Reims
  • Thomas Foket
Nantes
  • Moses Simon

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.23 0.79 51’ Thomas Foket (Reims), 1-0 51’ 62’ Moses Simon (Nantes), 1-1 62’ 72’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), 2-1 72’ 78’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), 3-1 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.23 0.79 51’ Thomas Foket (Reims), 1-0 Foket 51’ 62’ Moses Simon (Nantes), 1-1 Simon 62’ 72’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), 2-1 Ekitike 72’ 78’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), 3-1 Ekitike 78’
Reims 1.23 xGNantes 0.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nantes attacking Reims attacking 
72’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 45’ Moses Simon (Nantes), from a corner, 0.34 xG, off target 48’ N'Dri Koffi (Reims), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 10’ Thomas Foket (Reims), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 42’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 43’ Andrei Girotto (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Ghislain Konan (Reims), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 45’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ N'Dri Koffi (Reims), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 62’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 51’ Thomas Foket (Reims), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 90’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Willem Geubbels (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Marshall Munetsi (Reims), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 88’ Osman Bukari (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Pedro Chirivella (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 72’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 45’ Moses Simon (Nantes), from a corner, 0.34 xG, off target 48’ N'Dri Koffi (Reims), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 10’ Thomas Foket (Reims), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 42’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 43’ Andrei Girotto (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Ghislain Konan (Reims), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 45’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 62’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 50’ N'Dri Koffi (Reims), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 51’ Thomas Foket (Reims), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 69’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Willem Geubbels (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Marshall Munetsi (Reims), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 88’ Osman Bukari (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Pedro Chirivella (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Predrag Rajkovic GK900 0.000.000
Wout Faes DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Gravillon DEF900 0.000.011
Yunis Abdelhamid DEF901 0.010.061
Thomas Foket MID7312 0.150.000
Marshall Munetsi MID901 0.020.000
Azor Matusiwa MID730 0.000.000
Ghislain Konan MID901 0.060.111
Ilan Kebbal MID8610 0.000.062
N'Dri Koffi FWD732 0.350.000
Mitchell van Bergen FWD490 0.000.000
Alexis Flips Sub4120 0.000.973
Nathanael Mbuku Sub170 0.000.000
Moreto Cassamã Sub170 0.000.000
Hugo Ekitike Sub1722 0.640.000
Dion Lopy Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Reims win 35% Avg odds 2.70
Draw 32% Avg odds 2.98
Nantes win 33% Avg odds 2.91

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

Form going into the game

Reims DLWDL
Nantes LLLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nantes 1-2 Reims, 03 Mar 21 Next meeting: Nantes 1-0 Reims, 13 Feb 22  All Reims vs Nantes 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.