Bordeaux was far from successful side in the previous season, but the team still managed to get a Europa League ticket via Cup competition and the finals lost to PSG, while they only took sixth position at the table, seven points below the Champions League ticket holders.
They had to start the season earlier than usually, as the team already played two official matches in Europa League qualifications against AEK Larnaca, passing with 4:0 aggregate score. This means that the team started with friendlies already at the start of July and the team should be in more competitive form than the most of other French sides. They invested a lot during Winter, so the team wasn’t that much active in the transfer window, only signing replacement for right back Mariano. Offensive player Diego Rolan remains doubtful for this game as he has an ankle problem. Defensive midfielder Lamine Sane is injured for this game and his position will be covered by Gregory Certic. Forward Jussie is injured for months and months now, while midfielder Jaroslav Plasil’s involvement will be decided minutes prior the game.
Reims, on the other side, escaped from the relegation zone and battle with two consecutive victories at the end of Ligue 1, surviving in last moments of previous season. They are once again hoping and have set the target on staying in the best tier of French football.
However, the side didn’t change much in their roster, staying with most of the players that fought in previous season as they hope this is enough to stay in Ligue 1 once again. Reims is without injured midfielder Diego for the season opener. They let their most important player and striker Benjamin Moukando to join Lorient this week, but the coach Olivier Guegan said he believes in the options he has. He will probably start in a 4-1-4-1 formation with David Ngong leading the line as in previous season too.
Bordeaux have won 5 of their last 6 home matches in Ligue 1.
As said, Bordeaux is already in competitive form which they proved with easy qualification over AEK Larnaca. I believe Reims can only be worse than they were in the previous season and everything except an easy victory for Bordeaux would be a surprise for me.
Bet: Bordeaux Wins @ 1.73
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