Boulogne vs Reims Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Looking at the broader recent sample, which mixes this season, last season and some pre-season friendlies, Reims have been scoring freely, with 41 goals in their last 20 outings. Boulogne's equivalent sample shows the opposite problem: just 12 goals scored and 23 conceded across 20 games, with nine defeats in that stretch.

Boulogne: 20 completed matches; Reims: 20 completed matches.

Boulogne

20 matches

Win

10% 2 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

12

Conceded

23

Difference

-11

Reims

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

50% 10 / 20

Loss

5% 1 / 20

Scored

41

Conceded

24

Difference

+17

That's not a clean single-season picture for either side, but the pattern is consistent with what the table shows right now: Reims creating chances, Boulogne short of firepower.

Comparative Team Statistics: Boulogne vs Reims

Recent meetings favour Reims

The two sides drew 0-0 in Reims back in April, but the meeting before that was the 6-2 win for Reims at Boulogne, and a friendly the previous summer also went Reims's way 1-0. The other meetings on record go back to 2010-2012, which is far too old to tell us anything about these current squads.

So on recent evidence, Reims have had the better of this fixture, though a goalless draw is also part of that same run.

A big early gap in the table

After seven games apiece, Reims sit third with 13 points from three wins and four draws, and they haven't lost yet this season. Boulogne are down in 17th with just five points, still without a win after two defeats and five draws.

It's only seven matches, so nothing's settled, but the early gap between these two is already wide.

Reims's unbeaten start contrasts sharply with Boulogne's winless one.

Fofana leading the way for Reims

Y. Fofana has scored six goals in seven appearances for Reims this season, easily their standout contributor, with D. Guindo chipping in three assists in the same number of games. On the disciplinary side, A. Zohouri has picked up two red cards in just four matches, which is worth keeping an eye on.

Boulogne:

Penalty cards:

M. Mion x 1 x 1

T. Brusco x 1 x 1

A. Hbouch x 2

Reims:

Best scorers:

Y. Fofana - 6

Y. El Kachati - 2

Best assist providers:

D. Guindo - 3

Penalty cards:

A. Zohouri x 2 x 1

For Boulogne, the player information available is limited, but M. Mion has also picked up a red card in only three matches, and T. Brusco has a yellow in six. None of this confirms who's actually available for this fixture, given how far off it still is.

How this one could go

Reims arrive with an unbeaten league record and an attack that's been scoring regularly, while Boulogne are still searching for their first win and have struggled to find the net. Recent head-to-head results have also leaned Reims's way, including that heavy 6-2 win at this same venue last season.

Boulogne's own numbers show they don't concede huge amounts either, so a repeat of the April 0-0 isn't out of the question. Reims's card trouble with Zohouri is a small variable that could shift things if it recurs.