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- 18′Reims, yellow card:Foul
- 32′Reims, goal:1–1
- Half-time1 – 1
- 59′Montpellier, yellow card:Foul
- 64′Reims, substitution:off
- 69′Reims, yellow card:Foul
- 71′Reims, red card:
- 74′Reims, substitution:off
- 75′Montpellier, substitution:off
- 75′Montpellier, substitution:off
- 84′Reims, substitution:off
- 84′Reims, substitution:off
- 84′Reims, substitution:off
- 88′Montpellier, substitution:off
- 88′Montpellier, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 1
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Reims hold Montpellier to 1-1 draw despite late red card
Reims and Montpellier drew 1-1 at Stade Auguste-Delaune on Ligue 2 matchday 7, a result that left the second-placed hosts a point clear of the third-placed visitors. Montpellier, who had gone into the game in third on 11 points, ended the evening on 12, one behind Reims on 13.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Montpellier took the lead in the seventh minute. Théo Chennahi supplied the assist and Nordan Mukiele finished to make it 1-0 to the away side. Reims worked their way back into the contest and drew level in the 32nd minute through Yaya Fofana, and the teams went in at the interval on 1-1.
The second half was decided by a sending-off. Armel Zohouri was shown a red card in the 71st minute with the score still level, leaving Reims with ten men for the final stretch. Neither side scored again, and Reims are now unbeaten in 14 games.
Yaya Fofana scored Reims' equaliser in the 32nd minute and earned the match's highest rating, 7.91. Théo Chennahi, who set up Montpellier's opener, was rated 7.7.
Reims had 22 shots to Montpellier's 10, even though Montpellier held 61% of the possession.}
Reims and Montpellier drew 1–1 (half-time 1–1).
Reims met Montpellier in the Ligue 2 (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Friday, 18 September 2026, 18:00 UTC at Stade Auguste-Delaune. Referee: Remi Landry.
Team pages: Reims · Montpellier · Ligue 2
Key moments
- 7' Goal: Nordan Mukiele (assist: Théo Chennahi) — 0–1 · Watch Nordan Mukiele's goal video (7')
- 32' Goal: Yaya Fofana — 1–1 · Watch Yaya Fofana's goal video (32')
- 71' Red card: Armel Zohouri
Starting line-ups
Reims (4-2-3-1)
Montpellier (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Reims 57%, the draw 24%, Montpellier 19%. It finished Reims 1–1 Montpellier.
Reims' rating edge carries it — Reims are the stronger side on our strength rating, and their cold finishing due to recover on top gives Reims a clear lead. The draw at 24% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Reims at 57%?
Reims sit 126 points higher on our strength rating — 1743 to 1616. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,815 such games. Reims sit -0.41 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 39.0% of 2,450 such games where the class table expected 36.3%. The 300 most similar past games finished 58–27–15.
Why only 57%?
Montpellier sit -0.40 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 39.0% of 2,450 such games where the class table expected 36.3%.
Why the draw at 24%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.9 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 25,109.
What did we measure but not count?
Reims have rebuilt the eleven — fewer of last season's regular starters are still starting. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Reims won 3 of the last 6 meetings with Montpellier. The record is 3 wins for Reims, 2 draws and 1 win for Montpellier. These were 4 Ligue 1 games and 2 Ligue 2 games played at both grounds between 27 August 2023 and 27 February 2026. Latest meeting: 27 February 2026 — Montpellier 0–0 Reims. In 5,102 historical matches between similarly rated teams, home sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 43.0%.
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