This return match against Clermont comes less than two months after the first leg played at Stade Delaune on November 28. A meeting that had sounded like a click: while the Rémois often suffered disappointments in the additional time of the meetings, it was them, thanks to this goal from Ghislain Konan a few seconds from the end that would snatch a precious success against the Auvergnats. For this return match, the two teams will be deprived of their top scorer: Mohamed Bayo left for CAN while Hugo Ekitiké will serve the first of his two suspension matches after his red card received in Thaon-les-Vosges in the Cup from France last Sunday. Many other absentees are to be deplored in the ranks of Reims either because of injuries or because of the African Cup of Nations. But on the other hand, no case of Covid is to be deplored. Note the presence in the group of the new recruit Maxime Busi.
THE GROUP
- Guardians: Predrag RAJKOVIC, Yehvann DIOUF, Nicolas PENNETEAU
- Defenders: Yunis ABDELHAMID, Wout FAES, Bradley LOCKO, Moustapha MBOW, Maxime BUSI, Thomas FOKET, Andreaw GRAVILLON
- Environments : Alexis FLIPS, Sambou SISSOKO, Kamory DOUMBIA, Martin ADELINE, Dion LOPY
- attackers: Nathanaël MBUKU, Ilan KEBBAL, N’dri KOFFI, Fraser HORNBY, Mitchell VAN BERGEN, Anastasios DONIS
- Absent: Arber ZENELI (knee), Fodé DOUCOURE (quadriceps), Azor MATUSIWA (ischio), Marshall MUNETSI (ischio), Valon BERISHA (ischio), Ghislain KONAN (CAN), Moussa DOUMBIA (CAN), Moreto CASSAMA (CAN), El Bilal TOURE (CAN), Hugo EKITIKE (Suspended), Mathieu CAFARO (Choice)
- Clermont-Foot – Stade de Reims, to follow from 2:30 p.m. on France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne