Ligue 1 match tips and stats, news and lineups for the Rennes vs Monaco meet

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

These two squads are happy with a nice season so far and fixtures like this could be influential. Get the info on Rennes - Monaco!

Insights:
  • Rennes is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 1
  • Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Monaco have scored away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Monaco have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

This could be an entertaining fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Rennes form and stats

Rennes are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Roazhon Park. 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games. After failing to beat Nice here at Roazhon Park, Rennes has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Happy days for Rennes in their previous game, a fixture away at Reims (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Alemdar loved the game against Reims. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory. Midfielder Bourigeaud was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.85 (out of ten) in that game. Bourigeaud scored two goals, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Nice that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rennes handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, one draw and five defeats.

Rennes are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Roazhon Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 39 goals in 15 matches. From these home matches, Rennes have conceded only 10 goals.

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Monaco form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Monaco playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.

The fans enjoyed Monaco's previous game versus Troyes (placed 15th), a 2-1 win played at home. Volland came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Troyes last time out, making the manager Clement feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Golovin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.55. Golovin served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that result Monaco won their away game at Metz. The scoreline was 2-1.

Monaco have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 16 goals have been scored. 18 goals have been conceded by Monaco in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Monaco - Rennes 2-1. Stats for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Rennes, three draws and five wins for Monaco. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

RennesM. Terrier
M. Terrier
18 goals
MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
18 goals
RennesG. Laborde
G. Laborde
11 goals

Rennes missing players

Monaco missing players

Rennes Monaco
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 4 15 31
17 11 2 Won W 1 5 14
5 1 0 Drew D 1 4 8
9 3 1 Lost L 2 6 9
67 39 4 Scored S 3 16 47
31 10 2 Conceded C 5 18 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
87% 87% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 81%
48% 47% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 52%
32% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 29%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
48% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 48%
35% 53% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 29%
16% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 32%
 
6.1 6.7 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.8 5.8
5 4.1 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4 3.6
1.5 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
15.1 17.3 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.7 11.7
5.5 5.7 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.8 4.3
39% 45% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 28% 36%
 
9.3 6.5 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 11 10.4
3 2.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Monaco have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Monaco have scored away.
  • Rennes have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Ligue 1
  • Rennes have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Ligue 1
  • Rennes have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Ligue 1
  • Rennes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rennes is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 31 22 5 4 70 29 15 14 1 0 39 8 16 8 4 4 31 21 41 71
2 Olympique Marseille 31 17 8 6 51 29 16 7 5 4 26 17 15 10 3 2 25 12 22 59
3 Rennes 31 17 5 9 67 31 15 11 1 3 39 10 16 6 4 6 28 21 36 56
4 Strasbourg 31 14 10 7 52 33 16 9 4 3 30 14 15 5 6 4 22 19 19 52
5 Nice 31 15 7 9 40 27 15 7 4 4 19 15 16 8 3 5 21 12 13 51
6 Monaco 31 14 8 9 47 32 16 9 4 3 31 14 15 5 4 6 16 18 15 50
7 Lille 31 12 12 7 39 36 15 6 7 2 19 16 16 6 5 5 20 20 3 48
8 Lens 31 13 8 10 48 40 16 8 5 3 29 16 15 5 3 7 19 24 8 47
9 Nantes 31 13 7 11 40 34 15 9 2 4 24 14 16 4 5 7 16 20 6 46
10 Olympique Lyonnais 31 12 11 8 44 40 16 8 5 3 28 20 15 4 6 5 16 20 4 46
11 Montpellier 31 12 5 14 44 44 16 7 3 6 25 20 15 5 2 8 19 24 0 41
12 Brest 31 10 9 12 39 45 15 5 4 6 22 23 16 5 5 6 17 22 -6 39
13 Reims 31 8 12 11 34 35 15 4 6 5 20 16 16 4 6 6 14 19 -1 36
14 Angers SCO 31 8 9 14 35 45 16 6 2 8 17 19 15 2 7 6 18 26 -10 33
15 Troyes 31 8 8 15 29 44 15 4 6 5 14 14 16 4 2 10 15 30 -15 32
16 Lorient 31 7 10 14 31 50 15 5 5 5 17 16 16 2 5 9 14 34 -19 31
17 Clermont 31 7 7 17 31 60 16 3 5 8 17 28 15 4 2 9 14 32 -29 28
18 Saint-Etienne 31 6 9 16 33 61 16 3 6 7 20 31 15 3 3 9 13 30 -28 27
19 Bordeaux 31 5 11 15 41 71 16 3 5 8 23 30 15 2 6 7 18 41 -30 26
20 Metz 31 4 11 16 28 57 15 1 6 8 16 27 16 3 5 8 12 30 -29 23

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.