Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nancy & Rennes face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Nancy form and stats
Nancy was eliminated in the 8th round last season in the Coupe de France.With {1 Ligue 2 wins}, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Nancy are certainly not brimming with confidence. On the other hand, in the Coupe de France, Nancy has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The Nancy crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Dijon here at Stade Marcel-Picot in a Ligue 2 match. Midfield player Aynaoui got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Aynaoui hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Before that, Nancy played out a Coupe de France draw 1-1 when visiting Troyes (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nancy here at Stade Marcel-Picot in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 9 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nancy defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rennes form and stats
They also participated in Coupe de France last season. This ended in the 32nd finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Rennes, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Monaco. Attacker Bourigeaud got a player rating of 7.75 in the game. "Man of the match" Bourigeaud hit three key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Lorient.The travelling fans enjoy Rennes's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Rennes have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the last ten meetings): Nancy won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Rennes got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Terrier 9 goals |  G. Laborde 6 goals |   M. Thiam 4 goals |
Nancy missing players
Rennes missing players
| Nancy | Rennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 24 | 49 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 16.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 24% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 9.4 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajaccio | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 38 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Paris | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Niort | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Rodez | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Guingamp | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Pau | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Quevilly Rouen | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 12 | Nimes | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Dijon | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Caen | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 15 | Amiens SC | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 16 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 21 |
| 18 | Bastia | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 20 | Nancy | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 12 |
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | Nice | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Rennes | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Monaco | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Nantes | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Lille | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Lens | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Brest | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Olympique Lyonnais | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Reims | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Troyes | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Clermont | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 17 |
| 18 | Metz | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 16 |
| 19 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 16 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -23 | 12 |
