Victory alone will suffice for the Rennes club members in this Roazhon Park battle with Saint-Étienne, seeing as they have a solid lead on them in the Ligue 1 table.
- Rennes have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Rennes and Saint-Étienne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rennes form and stats
Rennes are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Roazhon Park. 12 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats is the summary from 17 games.
The Rennes followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Lorient and win 5-0. As mentioned above, Rennes "killed" Lorient in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Terrier has scored in six matches in a row. First-class! The striker Bourigeaud bested all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.64 out of 10. Bourigeaud scored one goal.
Prior to that, an away loss at Strasbourg.Rennes are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (46 goals in 17 games). From these home matches, Rennes have conceded only 13 goals.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
There's been little loot from Saint-Étienne's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 16 away games in the Ligue 1. Saint-Étienne only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Monaco with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Bouanga, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.44. Bouanga hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bordeaux that ended 2-2.The attacking power of Saint-Étienne when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Saint-Étienne has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the teams played each other earlier this season; Saint-Étienne - Rennes 0-5. Numbers for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: five wins for Rennes, three draws and two wins for Saint-Étienne. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Terrier 21 goals | ![]() G. Laborde 12 goals | ![]() W. Khazri 10 goals |
Rennes missing players
Saint-Étienne missing players
| Rennes | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 18 | 12 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 75 | 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 38 |
| 36 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | 68 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 79% |
| 53% | 53% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 59% |
| 35% | 41% | 83% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 32% | 41% | 83% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 18% |
| 50% | 41% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 68% |
| 35% | 53% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 12% |
| 15% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 24% |
| 6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 14.7 | 16.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.6 | 11.3 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 41% | 48% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 29% |
| 9.5 | 7.1 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 13.6 | 12.1 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
- 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 Saint-Étienne have scored away.
- Rennes have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the most scored goals (46) at home in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the the best goal difference (+33) at home in Ligue 1
- Rennes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saint-Étienne have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Saint-Étienne have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 45 | 78 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 56 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 65 |
| 3 | Rennes | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 75 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 39 | 59 |
| 4 | Monaco | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 59 |
| 5 | Nice | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 57 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 56 |
| 7 | Lens | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 54 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 52 |
| 9 | Lille | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 51 |
| 10 | Nantes | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 50 |
| 11 | Brest | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 45 |
| 12 | Montpellier | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 31 | -5 | 42 |
| 13 | Reims | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 40 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 29 | -13 | 35 |
| 15 | Lorient | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 41 | -24 | 34 |
| 16 | Troyes | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 31 | -17 | 33 |
| 17 | Clermont | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 63 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 33 | -28 | 33 |
| 18 | Saint-Étienne | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 32 | -30 | 31 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 84 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 52 | -37 | 27 |
| 20 | Metz | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 60 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -31 | 24 |