Match preview Ligue 1: Brest - Rennes at Stade Francis-Le Ble

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Ligue 1 game of the season. Brest look forward to welcoming Rennes in front of their home support.

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!

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Brest form and stats

Last season, Brest's league statistics were 11 wins, 8 draws and 19 losses, resulting in a 17th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 66. Playing at home last season Brest managed 8-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 33 conceded.

The home team returns to Stade Francis-Le Ble after being equal after 90 minutes with Olympique Lyonnais (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 1-1. Midfield player Franck Honorat got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Honorat hit two key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).

Ahead of that match, Brest lost 0-2 at home to Paris Saint Germain.

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Rennes form and stats

Let's have a look at how Rennes performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 26/19 goals scored/conceded.

Rennes's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Lens that finished 1-1. Alfred Gomis was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.32. The agile goalkeeper Gomis stopped the opponent with five saves.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Nimes.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Brest, three draws and six wins for Rennes. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

BrestI. Cardona
I. Cardona
1 goals
RennesK. Sulemana
K. Sulemana
1 goals

Brest missing players

Rennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brest Rennes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 9
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
14% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Brest Last season Rennes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 8   Won W   7 16
8 4   Drew D   6 10
19 7   Lost L   6 12
50 32   Scored S   26 52
66 33   Conceded C   19 40
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
82% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
63% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
42% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
24% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
61% 74%   BTTS BTTS   47% 53%
18% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 26%
29% 16%   Failed to Score F T   32% 26%
 
4.7 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5.2
5.1 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.3
1.6 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
4 1   Red cards R C   4 5
 
11.9 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 13.2
4.1 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Clermont 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Paris Saint Germain 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lille 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
6 Metz 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Lens 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Lorient 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Monaco 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nantes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Saint-Étienne 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Nice 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Reims 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Troyes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lille 38 24 11 3 64 23 19 10 7 2 28 11 19 14 4 1 36 12 41 83
2 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 4 8 86 28 19 13 1 5 44 14 19 13 3 3 42 14 58 82
3 Monaco 38 24 6 8 76 42 19 12 5 2 43 21 19 12 1 6 33 21 34 78
4 Olympique Lyonnais 38 22 10 6 81 43 19 11 3 5 42 23 19 11 7 1 39 20 38 76
5 Olympique Marseille 38 16 12 10 54 47 19 10 5 4 32 23 19 6 7 6 22 24 7 60
6 Rennes 38 16 10 12 52 40 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 7 6 6 26 19 12 58
7 Lens 38 15 12 11 55 54 19 7 7 5 28 26 19 8 5 6 27 28 1 57
8 Montpellier 38 14 12 12 60 62 19 7 4 8 34 35 19 7 8 4 26 27 -2 54
9 Nice 38 15 7 16 50 53 19 7 3 9 25 30 19 8 4 7 25 23 -3 52
10 Metz 38 12 11 15 44 48 19 5 5 9 19 26 19 7 6 6 25 22 -4 47
11 Saint-Étienne 38 12 10 16 42 54 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 7 4 8 22 25 -12 46
12 Bordeaux 38 13 6 19 42 56 19 7 4 8 19 21 19 6 2 11 23 35 -14 45
13 Angers SCO 38 12 8 18 40 58 19 6 3 10 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 31 -18 44
14 Reims 38 9 15 14 42 50 19 4 8 7 16 21 19 5 7 7 26 29 -8 42
15 Strasbourg 38 11 9 18 49 58 19 4 5 10 21 29 19 7 4 8 28 29 -9 42
16 Lorient 38 11 9 18 50 68 19 10 2 7 31 29 19 1 7 11 19 39 -18 42
17 Brest 38 11 8 19 50 66 19 8 4 7 32 33 19 3 4 12 18 33 -16 41
18 Nantes 38 9 13 16 47 55 19 3 8 8 21 29 19 6 5 8 26 26 -8 40
19 Nimes 38 9 8 21 40 71 19 3 5 11 22 39 19 6 3 10 18 32 -31 35
20 Dijon 38 4 9 25 25 73 19 1 6 12 8 31 19 3 3 13 17 42 -48 21

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Rennes:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Clermont 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Paris Saint Germain 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lille 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
6 Metz 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Lens 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Lorient 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Monaco 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nantes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Saint-Étienne 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Nice 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Reims 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Troyes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.