Reims 3-1 Saint-Étienne: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 January 2021

Result

Reims 3-1 Saint-Étienne

Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Reims 3-1 Saint-Étienne: match report

Reims beat Saint-Étienne 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 9 January 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Boulaye Dia opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Reims's goals came from Boulaye Dia (12', penalty), Boulaye Dia (37') and Mathieu Cafaro (58'). Saint-Étienne scored through C. Abi (72').

Discipline: Reims received 2 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reims were 15th on 18 points from 18 and Saint-Étienne 14th on 19 points from 18. Reims went on to finish that season 14th with 42 points, and Saint-Étienne 11th with 46.

Reims lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Boulaye Dia of Reims (8.2), ahead of Xavier Chavalerin (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reims win, 3 draws and 6 for Saint-Étienne.

Going into the match Reims's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Saint-Étienne's D-D-D-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Ryad BoudebouzSaint-Étienne
  • 12'Penalty goal · Boulaye DiaReims · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Moreto CassamáReims
  • 32'Yellow card · N. MbukuReims
  • 37'Goal · Boulaye DiaReims · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · A. NordinSaint-Étienne
  • 58'Goal · Mathieu CafaroReims · 3-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Jessy MoulinSaint-Étienne
  • 69'Yellow card · Denis BouangaSaint-Étienne
  • 72'Goal · C. AbiSaint-Étienne · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reims 1, draws 3, Saint-Étienne 6.

Team news

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Reims line-up (4-1-4-1)

Predrag Rajković, Thomas Foket, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Yunis Abdelhamid, Ghislain Konan, Moreto Cassamá, Nathanaël Mbuku, Mathieu Cafaro, Xavier Chavalerin, Arbër Zeneli, Boulaye Dia

Saint-Étienne line-up (4-4-2)

Jessy Moulin, Mathieu Debuchy, Harold Moukoudi, Panagiotis Retsos, Miguel Trauco, Arnaud Nordin, Mahdi Camara, Zaydou Youssouf, Adil Aouchiche, Ryad Boudebouz, Denis Bouanga