Caen 3-2 Reims: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 11 May 2019
Result
Caen 3-2 Reims
Ligue 1 · Saturday 11 May 2019, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Caen 3-2 Reims: match report
Caen beat Reims 3-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 11 May 2019. The half-time score was 3-1.
C. Ninga opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Caen's goals came from C. Ninga (14'), F. Fajr (40') and F. Guilbert (45'). Reims scored through Moussa Doumbia (37') and Arbër Zeneli (82', penalty).
Discipline: Caen received 1 yellow card; Reims received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Caen were 18th on 30 points from 35 and Reims 9th on 49 points from 35. Caen went on to finish that season 19th with 33 points, and Reims 8th with 55.
Caen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reims in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fayçal Fajr of Caen (8.5), ahead of Frédéric Guilbert (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Caen wins, 1 draw and 1 for Reims.
Going into the match Caen's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Reims's L-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Pablo Chavarría
- 14'Goal · C. Ninga
- 37'Goal · Moussa Doumbia
- 40'Goal · F. Fajr
- 45'Goal · F. Guilbert
- 81'Yellow card · Younn Zahary
- 82'Penalty goal · Arbër Zeneli
- 89'Yellow card · Thomas Foket
Head-to-head
Team news
Caen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brice Samba, Frédéric Guilbert, Jonathan Gradit, Alexander Djiku, Emmanuel Imorou, Jessy Deminguet, Fayçal Fajr, Saîf-Eddine Khaoui, Herman Moussaki, Casimir Ninga, Malik Tchokounté
Reims line-up (4-1-4-1)
Edouard Mendy, Thomas Foket, Björn Engels, Yunis Abdelhamid, Hassane Kamara, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Rémi Oudin, Mathieu Cafaro, Xavier Chavalerin, Moussa Doumbia, Pablo Chavarría