Reims vs Saint-Etienne

9 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Florent Batta

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Boulaye Dia 12’ (pen), 37’
  • Mathieu Cafaro 58’
  • Charles Nathan Abi 72’

Match summary

Reims beat Saint-Etienne 3-1. Reims led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Boulaye Dia put Reims ahead from the penalty spot in the 12th minute and Dia made it 2-0 in the 37th minute, set up by Xavier Chavalerin. In the second half, Mathieu Cafaro made it 3-0 with a direct free kick in the 58th minute and Charles Nathan Abi pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 72nd minute, set up by Mathieu Debuchy.

The chances backed that up: Reims created 1.71 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Saint-Etienne's 1.30 from 14.

Match stats

Reims Saint-Etienne
7 Shots 14
3 Shots on Target 6
0 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.71 xG 1.29
0.95 Non-penalty xG 1.29
3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Reims Saint-Etienne
Kick-off
Boulaye Dia
Penalty1-0 (Reims)
12’
Boulaye Dia
Assist: Xavier Chavalerin2-0 (Reims)
37’
Half-time2-0
Mathieu Cafaro3-0 (Reims)
58’
72’
Charles Nathan Abi
Assist: Mathieu Debuchy3-1 (Saint-Etienne)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Reims
  • Moreto Cassamã
  • Nathanael Mbuku
Saint-Etienne
  • Jessy Moulin
  • Arnaud Nordin
  • Ryad Boudebouz
  • Denis Bouanga

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.71 1.30 12’ Boulaye Dia (Reims), 1-0 12’ 37’ Boulaye Dia (Reims), 2-0 37’ 58’ Mathieu Cafaro (Reims), 3-0 58’ 72’ Charles Nathan Abi (Saint-Etienne), 3-1 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.71 1.30 12’ Boulaye Dia (Reims), 1-0 Dia 12’ 37’ Boulaye Dia (Reims), 2-0 Dia 37’ 58’ Mathieu Cafaro (Reims), 3-0 Cafaro 58’ 72’ Charles Nathan Abi (Saint-Etienne), 3-1 Abi 72’
Reims 1.71 xGSaint-Etienne 1.30 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Saint-Etienne attacking Reims attacking 
12’ Boulaye Dia (Reims), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 37’ Boulaye Dia (Reims), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 27’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 58’ Mathieu Cafaro (Reims), direct free kick, 0.18 xG, goal 21’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 72’ Charles Nathan Abi (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.12 xG, goal 49’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.10 xG, saved 10’ Wout Faes (Reims), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 67’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 72’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 86’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 60’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 14’ Xavier Chavalerin (Reims), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 33’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 25’ Mathieu Cafaro (Reims), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Mathieu Cafaro (Reims), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Adil Aouchiche (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 12’ Boulaye Dia (Reims), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 37’ Boulaye Dia (Reims), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 27’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 58’ Mathieu Cafaro (Reims), direct free kick, 0.18 xG, goal 21’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 72’ Charles Nathan Abi (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.12 xG, goal 49’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.10 xG, saved 10’ Wout Faes (Reims), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 67’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 72’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 86’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 60’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 14’ Xavier Chavalerin (Reims), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 33’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 25’ Mathieu Cafaro (Reims), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Mathieu Cafaro (Reims), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 87’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Adil Aouchiche (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Predrag Rajkovic GK900 0.000.000
Thomas Foket DEF900 0.000.122
Wout Faes DEF901 0.100.000
Yunis Abdelhamid DEF900 0.000.000
Ghislain Konan DEF900 0.000.000
Moreto Cassamã MID580 0.000.000
Nathanael Mbuku MID660 0.000.031
Xavier Chavalerin MID9011 0.040.581
Mathieu Cafaro MID8613 0.230.041
Arbër Zeneli MID580 0.000.000
Boulaye Dia FWD8622 1.340.000
Moussa Doumbia Sub320 0.000.000
Marshall Munetsi Sub320 0.000.000
El Bilal Touré Sub240 0.000.000
Kaj Sierhuis Sub40 0.000.000
Dereck Kutesa Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Reims win 35% Avg odds 2.73
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.06
Saint-Etienne win 34% Avg odds 2.79

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

Form going into the game

Reims LWDWD
Saint-Etienne DWDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Saint-Etienne 1-1 Reims, 23 Feb 20 Next meeting: Saint-Etienne 1-1 Reims, 20 Feb 21  All Reims vs Saint-Etienne 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.