Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
26/09/2023
21:00
Prediction: 3-1
Reims
After sharing the spoils with Rennes on Matchday 5, Lille will look to start a new winning run in the Ligue 1 when they welcome Reims to their Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Tuesday evening. Les Dogues have been producing fine performances of late and it is no wonder the bookies see them as favourites to beat les Rouges et Blancs on home soil. Defender Alexsandro returns from suspension, while both Nabil Bentaleb and Adam Ounas are out of contention with injuries.
Reims, on the other hand, failed to impress in a 2-1 loss to Brest and given Lille’s signs of improvement, we predict that the visitors are going to return home with their hands empty. Defender Josh Wilson-Esbrand should be the only absentee in the visiting team, while midfielder Marshall Munetsi should be recalled to the starting XI after coming as a substitute in the last league match.
Highlighted Player (Benjamin André):
Benjamin Andre is a French footballer, who began his career at Stade Raphaelois youth team. At the age of 16 Andre moved to Ajaccio and he played for the first team from 2008 to 2014. The right-footed midfielder scored 12 goals in 187 appearances in the league for the Corsican team and in the summer of 2014 he moved to fellow French club Rennes.
Andre scored his first goal for les Rouges et Noirs on January 25, 2015, in a 4-1 defeat to Caen. The French player made provided three assists for his teammates in 36 appearances for Rennes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and the club chiefs decided to extend his contract in June, 2017. His deal with the Roazhon Park outfit should expire on June 30, 2022.
Benjamin Andre, who was born in Nice on August 3, 1990, has seven caps for France U21 team. The Rennes footballer plays as a central midfielder, but he is often used as both left and right midfielder.
Highlighted Team (Reims):
Reims are a French football club founded in 1931. Reims welcome their rivals at Stade Auguste Delaune, which can hold up to 21,684 people. Believe it or not, Reims won six Ligue 1 titles (1948/1949, 1952/1953, 1954/1955, 1957/1958, 1959/1960, 1961/1962). To make things even better for the fans, Reims participated in the European Cup final on two occasions.
In 1956 they faced Real Madrid in the title game and despite taking the lead after six minutes, the French side eventually suffered a 4-3 loss to los Blancos at Parc des Princes. Three years later Reims had a chance to get their revenge on Real Madrid, but the Spanish giants once again won the European Cup, with Mateos and Di Stefano finding the net in the 2-0 victory over Albert Batteux.
The club’s most notable footballer is Just Fontaine, who scored 13 goals for France at the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals. Reims’ home colours are red and white, with the team wearing white when playing on the road.
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