Lorient vs Reims Prediction & Betting Tips (11 February)

FC Lorient will have to seriously roll up their sleeves in the coming weeks to try to maintain their place in the elite. It must be said that the Breton club completely missed its point in the first part of the season and was very logically relegated to the red zone. But while we thought they were heading straight for Ligue 2, the Merlus seem on the verge of reacting. Since their big defeat conceded to Lille 3-0, the Morbihanais have taken a good lead against a good Le Havre team 3-3. And last Sunday, they went for a very important success against Metz, a direct competitor in the race to maintain 1-2. Following this success, the Lorientais are only 4 points behind the first non-relegation team.

Stade de Reims, for its part, does not have to worry about its survival in the elite. He is indeed well established in the first part of the table and he could even harbor some ambitions in the coming months by seeking, why not, a European place. However, it will be necessary to recover for Will Still's men who have only won once in 2024, against Monaco 1-3, just after the winter break. Since then, the Champenois have not been able to make the difference against a Nantes team in full doubt 0-0 and they were beaten by a Toulouse team that was nevertheless poorly ranked last week 2-3. In the ranking, the Rémois fell to 7th position, 5 units from the top 5.

The Lorientais are still deprived of midfielder Boisgard, world champion full-back Benjamin Mendy, and potentially starting defender Igor Silva who are all forced to forfeit this match. If the Malian Doucouré should make his return after being eliminated from the CAN, the Congolese full-back Kalulu is still in the running. Sick last week, Cameroonian executive defender Yongwa will return to the group, like striker Tosin. All recruited this winter to breathe new life into this team, Louza (Watford, loan), Katseris (Cantazaro), Adjei (Hammarby), Bouanani (Nice, loan) and Bamba (Wolfsberger) have all already accumulated quite a bit of playing time. Better yet, Katseris has unlocked his counter and Bamba has already scored 2 goals in 2 games. The Champenois will still make the trip without the Belgian right-back Busi and the young midfielder Atangana Edoa.

In addition, the young Ivorian Oumar Diakité (2 goals) is still participating in the CAN but the Guinean defender Ibrahim Diakité will undoubtedly be back for this poster. At the same time, the Japanese Nakamura (2 goals, 1 assist) and his compatriot Ito (2 goals, 4 assists) returned from the Asian Cup. Recruited from Almeria this winter, striker Akieme has already found the fault with his new team. The former Parisian and Montpellier Stambouli had his first tenure. Once again decisive despite his team's defeat, Maltese midfielder Teuma scored his 6th goal of the season against Toulouse.