Reims vs Nantes

16 December 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Karim Abed

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

El Bilal Touré 68’
Boulaye Dia 72’ (pen)
Mathieu Cafaro 74’

Nicolas Pallois 18’
Ludovic Blas 79’

Match summary

Reims came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Nantes. Nantes led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Nicolas Pallois put Nantes ahead with a header in the 18th minute, set up by Imran Louza. In the second half, El Bilal Touré equalised with a header in the 68th minute, set up by Mathieu Cafaro, Boulaye Dia put Reims in front from the penalty spot in the 72nd minute, Mathieu Cafaro made it 3-1 in the 74th minute, set up by Arbër Zeneli, and Ludovic Blas pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 79th minute.

Nantes can feel hard done by, creating 2.08 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Reims's 1.74 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 18

4 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.74 xG 2.08

0.98 Non-penalty xG 2.08

4 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Reims Nantes

Kick-off

18’

Nicolas Pallois
Assist: Imran Louza

0-1

Half-time0-1

El Bilal Touré
Assist: Mathieu Cafaro1-1

68’

Boulaye Dia
Penalty2-1

72’

Mathieu Cafaro
Assist: Arbër Zeneli3-1

74’

79’

Ludovic Blas

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Reims

Ghislain Konan
Moreto Cassamã

Nantes

Fabio
Charles Traore

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 1.74 xGNantes 2.08 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nantes 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
Predrag Rajkovic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Foket	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Wout Faes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yunis Abdelhamid	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Ghislain Konan	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Boulaye Dia	MID	90	1		2	0.79	0.01	1
Moreto Cassamã	MID	90			1	0.01	0.03	1
Valon Berisha	MID	83			1	0.03	0.52	3
Arbër Zeneli	MID	83		1	3	0.14	0.17	2
El Bilal Touré	FWD	77	1		1	0.07	0.00	0
Kaj Sierhuis	FWD	62			1	0.07	0.00	0
Mathieu Cafaro	Sub	28	1	1	2	0.17	0.07	1
Marshall Munetsi	Sub	13			1	0.42	0.00	0
Xavier Chavalerin	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Doumbia	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alban Lafont	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabio	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Charles Castelletto	DEF	90			1	0.89	0.00	0
Nicolas Pallois	DEF	90	1		1	0.01	0.02	1
Charles Traore	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrei Girotto	MID	90			3	0.07	0.92	2
Abdoulaye Touré	MID	90			3	0.09	0.04	2
Imran Louza	MID	81		1	2	0.01	0.08	2
Ludovic Blas	FWD	81	1		3	0.72	0.02	1
Randal Kolo Muani	FWD	81			1	0.07	0.01	1
Moses Simon	FWD	74			1	0.03	0.00	0
Dennis Appiah	Sub	43			1	0.05	0.28	4
Marcus Coco	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Renaud Emond	Sub	9			1	0.11	0.00	0
Pedro Chirivella	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.01	1
Abdoul Kader Bamba	Sub	9			1	0.02	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Reims win 39% Avg odds 2.41

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.17

Nantes win 31% Avg odds 3.07

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

Form going into the game

Reims D L L D L

Nantes D D L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nantes 1-0 Reims, 15 Sep 19 Next meeting: Nantes 1-2 Reims, 03 Mar 21 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.

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