Match report
Nantes and Reims share a goalless draw at Stade de la Beaujoire
Nantes and Reims finished 0-0 at Stade de la Beaujoire in a Ligue 2 Matchday 8 fixture, with neither side able to find a goal across the 90 minutes. The scoreline was level at half-time as well, and the events list records no goals or red cards, leaving a stalemate that suited neither side's table position particularly well.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The numbers suggest Nantes did most of the pushing. They had 19 shots to Reims's 7 and won seven corners to six, while their expected goals figure of 1.98 dwarfed the visitors' 0.30. Possession, though, was almost even, with Reims holding 51 per cent of the ball against Nantes's 49.
Reims were nevertheless not entirely toothless, putting four of their seven attempts on target compared with five from Nantes's 19. The contest was also tight in discipline, with two yellow cards shown to each side. The point left Nantes 13th on eight points from eight matches, while Reims stayed fourth on 14 points.
Nantes goalkeeper Patrik Carlgren topped the performer ratings at 7.84, ahead of Reims's Tom Hülsmann on 7.81 and J. Mambuku on 7.36, in a match where neither side scored.
Nantes outshot Reims by 19 shots to 7 without finding a goal.
Nantes and Reims drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0).
Nantes met Reims in the Ligue 2 (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off was Saturday, 10 October 2026, 12:00 UTC at Stade de la Beaujoire. Referee: Faouzi Benchabane.
Starting line-ups
Nantes (3-4-3)
Reims (4-2-3-1)
- 1 Tom Hülsmann
- 27 Daouda Guindo
- 22 Samuel Kotto
- 28 N'Tamon Ahouonon
- 21 J. Mambuku
- 61 C. Kouranfal
- 6 Théo Leoni
- 9 Mohamed Daramy
- 8 Yaya Fofana
- 46 seydou dembele
- 99 Sambou Soumano
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Nantes 34%, the draw 25%, Reims 41%. It finished Nantes 0–0 Reims.
Reims' rating edge outweighs Nantes' home ground — Reims are the stronger side on our strength rating, and their cold finishing due to recover on top gives Reims the lean. The draw at 25% is down from the usual 27.7% for a gap this size, as small adjustments add up.
Why Reims at 41%?
Reims sit 89 points higher on our strength rating — 1512 to 1601. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.9% of 13,810 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 38.7% of 2,497 such games where the class table expected 35.9%. The 300 most similar past games finished 38–29–33.
Why only 41%?
Nantes sit -0.62 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 38.7% of 2,497 such games where the class table expected 35.9%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 25,118. The bounce-back factor takes 1.1 points off the draw. The bounce-back factor takes 1.1 points off the draw.
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). Nantes are 4 games into a new manager (Gregory Poirier), appointed 41 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
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- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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