2025-01-04 16:00
Stephanie Frappart, France
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard - Saint-Ètienne
Each of the last seven games won by St Etienne in Ligue 1 have come at home, including three of the most recent four by at least a two-goal margin.
Reims have only won one of their last nine Ligue 1 games (D3 L5), after winning six of their previous nine top-flight encounters (D2 L1).
St Etienne have won five of their last seven Ligue 1 home games (L2), as many wins as in their previous 23 such encounters in the competition (D6 L12).
St Etienne have lost four of their last six Ligue 1 matches against Reims (D2) after going unbeaten in the previous 16 (W9 D7).
St Etienne have lost only one of their last 21 visits to Reims in Ligue 1 (W14 D6), but it was the most recent one in May 2022 (1-2). You have to go back to 1952-1954 to see Les Verts lose multiple games in a row against the Champagne side in the top-flight (3).
St Etienne have lost 10 of their 15 Ligue 1 matches this season (W4 D1), their highest total at this stage of a season since 2008/09 (11).
Goalless in three straight Ligue 1 matches, Reims have not blanked in four in a row since October 2015 (4). The Marne can become only the second team to draw nil-nil three times in a row in the top-flight in the last 10 years after Toulouse in May 2023.
St Etienne have won four of their seven home games this season (L3), as many as across the whole of their previous season in the top-flight in 2021/22 (D6 L9), and only one fewer than the previous season in 2020/21 (5 – D6 L8).