Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Saint-Étienne & Rennes face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 1. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Olympique Lyonnais.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Saint-Étienne participated in Coupe de France the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Saint-Étienne at their home stadium (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Coupe de France for Saint-Étienne.
In their previous game, the manager C. Puel led his Saint-Étienne to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Olympique Lyonnais. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. Before that, Saint-Étienne drew at home versus Reims.
Saint-Étienne's goalkeeper Jessy Moulin was extremely busy against Olympique Lyonnais, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bordeaux are coming to town in three days.
Saint-Étienne has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 17 goals have been conceded.
Rennes form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Rennes, as they won the Coupe de France.6-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rennes in their Ligue 1 matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Coupe de France stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Rennes, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Toulouse in the Ligue 1 last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Nîmes.
After this away game Rennes return home for a Ligue 1 game against Montpellier. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Rennes when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Rennes are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Saint-Étienne victory, six draws and three Rennes wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 D. Bouanga 9 goals |   M. Niang 9 goals |  R. Hamouma 6 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Rennes missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Rennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 8 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 42 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 56% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 265 | 106 | Total Shots | T S | 172 | 342 | ||
| 94 | 31 | Shots on Target | S O | 76 | 136 | ||
| 33% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 51 | 68 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 55 |
| 3 | Rennes | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | Lille | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Monaco | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Reims | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Nice | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
| 11 | Nantes | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 37 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 36 |
| 13 | Angers SCO | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -7 | 36 |
| 14 | Brest | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -2 | 34 |
| 15 | Metz | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 31 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 29 |
| 17 | Dijon | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -11 | 27 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -14 | 27 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 22 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -35 | 13 |