Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Belfort & Rennes face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Belfort form and stats
Belfort participated in Coupe de France the last season, where they reached the 8th round.On the other hand, in the Coupe de France, Belfort has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Stress levels are on the rise for Belfort's attacking players as they have now played 351 minutes without scoring in a league game. M. Bentahar was their last goal scorer.
Belfort's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Sedan. Prior to that, an away loss at Haguenau in the CFA Group A.
The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Rennes to win. Let's see if Belfort are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: one game found revealing zero Belfort wins, one draw and zero defeats.
The manager A. Hacquard will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Drancy JA in only four days.
Rennes form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Rennes, as they won the Coupe de France.5-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rennes in their Ligue 1 matches away. Total Coupe de France statistics for Rennes: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Rennes aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Raphinha was the last player to find the net.
Rennes's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Brest that finished 0-0. Prior to that match, the Rennes manager J. Stéphan faced defeat when travelling to Lille and losing 0-1.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Rennes given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with one win as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.
The attacking power of Rennes when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Rennes as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Niang 7 goals |  A. Hunou 6 goals |  R. Dias Belloli 5 goals |
Belfort missing players
Rennes missing players
| Belfort | Rennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 38 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 164 | 338 | ||
| 19 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 130 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 44 | 58 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 49 |
| 3 | Rennes | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Lille | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 5 | Monaco | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 33 |
| 9 | Reims | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | Nice | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Nantes | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Brest | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 30 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Dijon | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -13 | 24 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 20 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 13 |