Strasbourg – Reims: Racing dreaming of the semis 
Back to cup business for Strasbourg, who’ve earned a second quarter-final in three years. Tuesday night the Meinau will be rocking when Reims roll into town. Strasbourg got here by slicing up Monaco 3-1 in early February. Reims did their part too, seeing off Le Mans 3-0 without breaking sweat.
Strasbourg in cup mode 
The Cup has been their oxygen this season. In knockout games Strasbourg turns into a proper goals factory — 11 strikes in just three matches. That’s a brutal contrast with their Ligue 1 woes, where they often struggle to score.
Under Gary O’Neil they’ve clicked into gear: unbeaten in 12 of their last 14 outings and only one slip at home in that stretch (a 2-1 loss to PSG). Tuesday’s match matters big time — a win puts them into the semis for the first time since their 2001 run. The Strasbourg side haven’t lost to lower-division opposition here since that shock 1-0 exit to Chambly in 2018. At the Meinau this Cup season they’ve been flawless. One quirk: you have to go back to 2001 and a 3-1 win over Lyon to find a home quarter-final victory.
Reims: road warriors 
Reims are in the last eight for a second year running. Coached by Karel Geraerts, they’ve got one clear aim: promotion. Sitting third in Ligue 2, they’re a point behind Saint-Etienne and hunting an automatic spot.
In this Cup they’re nasty away from home. Four of their five wins came on the road, and their defense has been rock-solid — just one goal conceded in that run. Overall they’re on an insane away run: unbeaten in 12 of 13 and six clean sheets in seven. They’ve stumbled at the quarter stage twice in their last three attempts, but they know how to sting Strasbourg. The Red and Whites actually lead the knockout head-to-heads, including that old 1-0 win back in 1963.
Probable lineups
Strasbourg: Penders ; Doue, Hogsberg, Doukoure, Chilwell ; Barco, El Mourabet ; Moreira, Amougou, Enciso ; Nanasi
Reims: Olliero ; Sekine, Kone, Akieme, Busi ; Patrick, Gbane, Leoni ; Benhattab, Bojang, Nakamura
Football Prediction Strasbourg vs Reims
Strasbourg to Win
Reims have found it tough to score in the league lately. Up against a balanced Strasbourg side built for Cup fights and fired up by a noisy Meinau, the step up might be too big for the Ligue 2 visitors. The Racing have the tools and the momentum to seal it.
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