Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Reims
Match Time & Date:
11/12/2021
21:00
Prediction: 2-1
St Etienne
Reims and St Etienne face each other at Stade Auguste-Delaune in what is expected to be a close Ligue 1 encounter. Les Rouges et Blancs aim to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Angers, and it seems as if they will not have a better chance than this to return to winning ways. Influential midfielder Valon Berisha is banned for the match, while all Marshall Munetsi, Moreto Cassama, Fode Doucoure, Fraser Hornby, and Arber Zeneli are sidelined with injuries.
Les Verts, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a massive 5-0 loss to Rennes. The rock-bottom side extended their losing run to three games at the weekend, and given their shaky defence, the visitors are unlikely to grab something from Saturday’s clash. All Aimen Moueffek, Romain Hamouma, and Yvan Neyou remain in the recovery room for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Moussa Doumbia):
A Malian midfielder Moussa Doumbia has been with Russian side FK Rostov since 2014. The 22-year-old powerful midfielder started his career with Real Bamako in 2012. Doumbia spent two years playing for the Scorpions in the Malien Premiere Division, the top rank in the country. Russian side recognised his talent and made a transfer in 2014 tying Moussa Doumbia on a four-year deal.
During two seasons with Russian Premier League outfit, Doumbia was involved in 31 league matches. In 2015-16 season he contributed to his club’s runners-up finish with two goals of his own. Full-time Mali international made his national team debut in 2014 in a 3-1 victory over China in Shenzen.
His most recent international appearances occurred in September during an empathic 5-2 win over Benin in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Doumbia went on to score his team’s fifth goal with eleven minutes on the clock rounding off an impressive performance.
Highlighted Team (St Etienne):
Saint Etienne are a professional football club that compete in French Ligue 1. Les Verts were founded in 1919 by employees of a grocery store chain based in Saint Etienne. Saint Etienne wear green shirts and white shorts when playing at home ground and they play their home matches at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
The stadium was opener on 13 September, 1931 and following the renovation the capacity of the venue increased to 42 000. In 1981 les Verts won their tenth Ligue 1 trophy, but they have been in the shadow of Ligue 1 giants Lyon and PSG in the 21st century.
Speaking of the club’s European success, Saint Etienne made it to the European Cup (Champions League) final in 1976, but Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich proved to be a big catch for the French outfit. Anyhow, that is regarded as the club’s biggest success. It has to be noted that the likes of Michel Platini, Jacques Santini, Laurent Blanc and Aime Jacquet all played for Saint Etienne in the past.
