Reims vs Saint-Etienne

11 December 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Pierre Gaillouste

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • El Bilal Touré 23’ (pen)
  • Nathanael Mbuku 89’

Match summary

Reims won 2-0 at home to Saint-Etienne. Reims led 1-0 at half-time.

El Bilal Touré put Reims ahead from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute and Nathanael Mbuku made it 2-0 in the 89th minute, set up by Hugo Ekitike.

The chances backed that up: Reims created 2.72 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Saint-Etienne's 0.12 from 4. Saint-Etienne had a player sent off.

Match stats

Reims Saint-Etienne
17 Shots 4
6 Shots on Target 0
11 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
2.72 xG 0.12
1.96 Non-penalty xG 0.12
6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Reims Saint-Etienne
Kick-off
El Bilal Touré
Penalty
1-0 (Reims)
23’
Half-time1-0
Nathanael Mbuku
Assist: Hugo Ekitike
2-0 (Reims)
89’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Reims
  • Wout Faes
  • Ghislain Konan
Saint-Etienne
  • Denis Bouanga
  • Wahbi Khazri
  • Yvann Maçon

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 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.72 0.12 23’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), 1-0 23’ 89’ Nathanael Mbuku (Reims), 2-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.72 0.12 23’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), 1-0 Touré 23’ 89’ Nathanael Mbuku (Reims), 2-0 Mbuku 89’
Reims 2.72 xGSaint-Etienne 0.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Saint-Etienne attacking Reims attacking 
23’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 49’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 89’ Nathanael Mbuku (Reims), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 10’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 52’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 25’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Anastasios Donis (Reims), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 56’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 80’ Alexis Flips (Reims), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 45’ Ilan Kebbal (Reims), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Ilan Kebbal (Reims), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Moreto Cassamã (Reims), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Alexis Flips (Reims), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 27’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Azor Matusiwa (Reims), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 11’ Ghislain Konan (Reims), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Yvann Maçon (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 18’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 49’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 89’ Nathanael Mbuku (Reims), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 10’ Hugo Ekitike (Reims), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 52’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 25’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Anastasios Donis (Reims), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 56’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 80’ Alexis Flips (Reims), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 45’ Ilan Kebbal (Reims), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Ilan Kebbal (Reims), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Moreto Cassamã (Reims), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Alexis Flips (Reims), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 27’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Ghislain Konan (Reims), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Yvann Maçon (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Azor Matusiwa (Reims), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ El Bilal Touré (Reims), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Predrag Rajkovic GK900 0.000.000
Alexis Flips DEF902 0.070.052
Thomas Foket DEF900 0.000.072
Wout Faes DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Gravillon DEF900 0.000.021
Ghislain Konan DEF661 0.021.025
Azor Matusiwa MID781 0.010.000
Ilan Kebbal MID762 0.080.362
Dion Lopy MID660 0.000.000
Hugo Ekitike FWD9011 0.280.372
El Bilal Touré FWD6617 1.830.000
Bradley Locko Sub240 0.000.000
Anastasios Donis Sub241 0.050.000
Moreto Cassamã Sub241 0.030.000
Nathanael Mbuku Sub1411 0.340.051
Sambou Sissoko Sub120 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Reims win 42% Avg odds 2.25
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.18
Saint-Etienne win 28% Avg odds 3.47

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

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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.