Given Reims' historical home advantage, boasting three consecutive wins against this weekend's visitors, coupled with Saint-Etienne's dismal away form this season – just one victory, three draws, and twelve losses – a narrow win for Diawara's side appears likely.
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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 51.43%. A win for Saint-Etienne had a probability of 24.98% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Reims win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.67%) and 2-0 (8.45%). The likeliest Saint-Etienne win was 1-2 (6.36%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.09%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 3.6% likelihood.