Reims vs Lille Prediction & Betting Tips (2 March)

Stade de Reims is one of the few teams that could have some ambitions for the end of the season. Indeed, Will Still's players are rather well placed to try to secure a European place next year since they are in 8th position in the ranking with only 4 units behind the top 5. However, to achieve this, the Champenois will have to show more consistency than they did in previous weeks. Beaten by Toulouse 2-3 and Lorient 2-0, the Rémois were then held to a draw by Lens 1-1. But last Sunday, they found their way back to success by snatching a 10-11 victory on the Le Havre field at the very end of the match 1-2. Opposite, Losc could also experience a very interesting end to the season with, in line of sight, a new European competition and, why not, the most beautiful.

This Lille team is also one of the last French representatives in the European Cup in this 2nd part of the year and they will face Sturm Graz next week in the 1/8th final first leg of the Conference League. At the same time, in the championship, the Mastiffs are in 5th position in the ranking with only 4 points on the podium despite recent up-and-down performances, very good at home and quite poor away. Indeed, the Northerners lost quite clearly against PSG 3-1 before crushing Le Havre 3-0. Finally, last weekend, they were beaten again, this time in Toulouse, after leading 3-1.

Will Still deplores a few more packages for this part. This is particularly the case of Belgian right-back Busi and senior defender Okumu who are still in the infirmary. In addition, Belgian defender Foket will be suspended after being sent off against Le Havre. Otherwise, everyone is on deck on the Champagne side. In the group, we should find the young Ivorian Oumar Diakité (3 goals), the Japanese Nakamura (2 goals, 1 assist) and Ito (2 goals, 5 assists) and the Dane Daramy (4 goals) who scored a double in the last week. However, the top scorer in this team remains the Franco-Maltese Teuma (6 goals).

Winger Ivan Cavaleiro, former world champion Umtiti and new recruit Ilic will not make the trip to Delaune this Saturday. The relatively little used Morais, Miramon and Fernandez, the interesting Ounas and the Cabella executive are also absent at the moment but captain Benjamin André is returning from suspension (400th match in L1 this evening), as is coach Paulo Fonseca of 'elsewhere. At the forefront, we should undoubtedly find Canadian striker Jonathan David who has scored 11 goals this season in the championship. The Turk Yazici (4 goals) and the interesting Zeghrova (3 goals) and Gudmundsson will also be present along with last weekend's scorer, Haraldsson.