Preview: Reims vs. Monaco - prediction, team news, lineups

For the archetypal clip successful implicit 45 years, Monaco volition sojourn Stade Auguste-Delaune for a Coupe de France fixture against Reims with a spot successful the circular of 16 astatine involvement connected Tuesday.

In their opening lucifer of the competition, the Champagne nine ousted Still-Mutzig 3-1, portion Les Monegasques were 4-1 winners implicit L'Union Saint-Jean.

Match preview

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A beardown last 30 minutes astatine Parc des Sports past period enabled Stade de Reims to beforehand into the adjacent signifier of this tourney for a 4th successive campaign.

With a triumph connected Tuesday, Les rouges et blancs tin assertion a spot successful the past 16 for a 3rd clip successful their erstwhile 4 Coupe de France events.

It has been a hard commencement to 2025 for them, losing their lone 2 Ligue 1 encounters this year, conceding 7 goals implicit that stretch.

That is simply a large alteration from what Luka Elsner's broadside showed astatine the extremity of 2024, conceding conscionable erstwhile successful their last 3 competitory contests of the year.

They volition participate this brushwood connected a five-match winless tally astatine Stade Auguste Delaune, failing to find the backmost of the nett successful their erstwhile 2 games played successful Reims.

Stade de Reims won their lone erstwhile Coupe de France location contention against the Principality club, coming distant with a 2-0 triumph successful 1977, winning that circular of 16 necktie 6-2 connected aggregate.

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Les Monegasques had nary occupation with their amateur opponents successful December, registering 12 targeted efforts successful their opening lucifer of this tournament.

That lucifer was 1 of the fewer agleam spots for this nine recently, with that triumph being the lone 1 successful their erstwhile six matches crossed each competitions.

Monaco person not been eliminated astatine this signifier of a Coupe de France lawsuit since Metz claimed a 3-1 triumph against them successful 2019.

Adi Hutter's men person mislaid conscionable 1 of their erstwhile 4 competitory fixtures arsenic the visiting team, and it came successful the last of the Trophee des Champions successful Qatar versus Paris Saint-Germain (1-0).

They person not mislaid an distant contention astatine the Coupe de France successful mean clip since the 2017 semi-finals erstwhile PSG claimed a 5-0 triumph against them astatine the Parc des Princes.

The Principality nine are unbeaten successful their past six visits to Stade Auguste-Delaune versus Reims, winning the erstwhile Coupe de France gathering against them successful 2020 (2-1).

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Team News

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A cruciate ligament wounded volition support Reda Khadra retired of the Reims lineup for a fewer much months, portion Abdoul Kone and Amadou Kone are questionable owed to hamstring strains.

It has been a engaged transportation model for them arsenic they sold Emmanuel Agbadou to Wolves, portion Thibault De Smet is joining Ligue 2 nine Paris FC and they person submitted a bid for Lyon's Mamadou Diawara.

Gabriel Moscardo, who was connected planetary work with the Brazilian younker squad implicit the weekend, had the opening extremity against Still-Mutzig, portion the different ones came from Mamadou Diakhon and Nhoa Sangui.

Over successful the Principality, erstwhile Reims striker Folarin Balogun is retired with a dislocated enarthrosis for Monaco, Krepin Diatta is doubtful owed to a musculus strain, Christian Mawissa has a sore hamstring, Aleksandr Golovin whitethorn not beryllium disposable due to the fact that of an ankle contented and Radoslaw Majecki is nearing a instrumentality from an adductor problem.

A groin occupation could support George Ilenikhena sidelined connected Tuesday, Takumi Minamino missed their play fixture due to the fact that of an illness, portion the nine officially signed Mike Biereth from Sturn Graz earlier successful the week.

We say: Reims 1-1 Monaco (Monaco advances connected penalties)

Both sides person precocious struggled to find a decisive and accordant fig nine, but we spot the extent of Monaco volition beryllium capable to squeak done connected Tuesday.

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