The squad featuring Alexis Sánchez aims to bounce back and reclaim a share of the sub-leader position in Ligue 1 action.
On a Sunday, Stade Auguste-Delaune II hosted a clash between Reims and Olympique de Marseille, a match that framed the 28th round of France’s top flight.
Marseille, steered by Croatian manager Igor Tudor, arrived seeking to rebound after a draw with Racing Club de Strasbourg. The visitors had a one man advantage after Leonardo Balerdi was sent off in the 29th minute, yet Strasbourg managed to level twice to finish 2-2 at the Orange Vélodrome. With that result, Marseille sat just behind Paris Saint-Germain, ten points adrift of Christophe Galtier’s side, who held the top spot with 56 points.
In the game, Sánchez earned a penalty by earning a foul in the visitors’ box and converted it to seal the second goal for Marseille. That strike cemented the Chilean as Marseille’s leading scorer with ten goals, ahead of Nuno Tavares who had six. Sánchez sits tied for fourteenth in the Ligue 1 scoring chart, a list led by Kylian Mbappé and Jonathan David, each on nineteen tallies.
Will Still’s Reims approached this fixture after a 0-1 victory over AS Monaco, a win that extended their unbeaten run to nineteen straight league matches. The club’s objective remains a push toward European qualification. Reims currently sit in eighth place, having accumulated forty-three points. It is noted that Still, a Belgian coach, has taken charge without an UEFA Pro coaching license, a situation that has drawn a fine of twenty-five thousand euros per match from the governing body.
The most recent meeting between the teams occurred on August 7, when Marseille won 4-1 with goals from Wout Faes (own goal), Tavares, and Luis Suárez (two). The Phocaeans had not lost to Reims since the opening fixture of the 2019/20 campaign, a 0-2 defeat at that time.
Alexis’ tally for Les Phocéens — all Marseille goals
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