We said: Reims 1-2 Lyon
An increasingly resilient Reims should sense an opportunity to keep their unbeaten run going given their extended period of rest, but an inexperienced side may fall just short here.
A new wave of confidence should overcome this stop-start Lyon side after dumping Porto out of Europe, with an extensive list of attacking options more than capable of breaching Garcia's defence on more than one occasion.
Read more.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 Lyon win with a probability of 45.84%. A win for Reims had a probability of 28.63% and a draw had a probability of 25.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Lyon win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.62%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.2%) and 0-2 (8.05%). The likeliest Reims win was 1-0 (8.01%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.13%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 7% likelihood.