Seeking their first away points of the new Ligue 1 campaign, Montpellier HSC head to the Champagne region of France on Sunday to face Reims at Stade Auguste-Delaune. A 3-1 victory over Angers last week lifted Les rouges et blancs to fourth in the table, while Montpellier suffered a last-gasp defeat in the Principality against Monaco (2-1), dropping them into an early relegation playoff position. © Imago The early days of Luka Elsner as Reims manager have been hugely successful as the Slovenian-born coach has points in five successive matches in this competition.
That already exceeds their longest unbeaten run from last season under Elsner's predecessor, Will Still , as this team currently find themselves in a Champions League qualification position. On Sunday, Reims can reach the 14-point mark after seven matchdays for the first time (counting three points for a win) since the 1974-75 top-flight campaign (16). Three of their last five home fixtures in this competition ended with this team claiming maximum points, as many as they had accumulated in their previous 10 Ligue 1 fixtures combined.
Reims have not claimed at least a point in four successive domestic home contests since the 2022-23 season when they went unbeaten in nine successive top-flight encounters at Stade Auguste-Delaune. They have not defeated Montpellier at home in this competition since matchday 10 of the 2019-20 season when Reims earned a 1-0 victory. © Imago In the cruellest of fashions, Montpellier came .
