Already failing to make their presence felt in the final third, the loss of Lacazette - even though the Gones skipper has netted just once this season - will only harm Grosso's chances of a first Lyon victory further.
A lack of consistency has bedevilled Reims at home, but Still's exciting crop are well-versed in taking their chances and can prolong the visitors' misery with a fourth triumph of the season.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Reims win with a probability of 39.98%. A win for Lyon had a probability of 34.4% and a draw had a probability of 25.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Reims win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.32%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.65%) and 2-0 (6.64%). The likeliest Lyon win was 0-1 (8.52%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.13%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Reims in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Reims.
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