Can Monaco outdo Rennes in Stade Louis II. clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 22.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis II. (18523 seats)

It's only three sleeps since Monaco met Red Star and the scoreline was 2-0. Can they win hosting Rennes?

Insights:
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It's quite the trip for Rennes when visiting Monaco as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

It's no vacation for neither Monaco nor Rennes as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Monaco form and stats

All-inclusive Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Monaco are 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Monaco, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Red Star away with the result 2-0. Yedder (2) found the net in that victory. The attacker Yedder won the honour of being "man of the match" for Monaco with a rating of 8.81/10. Yedder scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 22 total).

A Ligue 1 defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at PSG.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Monaco have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost one.

A decent goal production from Monaco in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Rennes form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Rennes playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. Rennes has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Rennes go into this game after a win, the home game against Lorient that ended 1-0. Defender Omari was the best team player with a rating of 8.14. Omari scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.

The game before that, in the Ligue 1, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Nice.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Rennes in our archives, and the results are: one win for Rennes, zero draws and one defeat.

Rennes has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rennes have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Monaco-Rennes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Monaco five wins, Rennes two wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
9 goals
RennesM. Terrier
M. Terrier
8 goals
RennesG. Laborde
G. Laborde
6 goals

Monaco missing players

Rennes missing players

Monaco Rennes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 8 18
7 4 1 Won W 0 3 9
5 3 0 Drew D 1 3 4
6 2 2 Lost L 1 2 5
27 17 3 Scored S 1 14 33
22 10 5 Conceded C 3 8 16
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
50% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 39%
39% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 17%
50% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 39%
17% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 44%
39% 22% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 17%
 
5.2 6.2 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.6 6.4
3.2 3.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.2 4.8
2.2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11 11.7 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 13.6 15.4
4.1 4.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 5.6 5.1
36% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 31% 36%
 
9.3 8.6 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 11.8 9.3
3.2 2.7 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Monaco's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Rennes's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monaco have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Monaco haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rennes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 14 3 1 38 16 9 8 1 0 21 6 9 6 2 1 17 10 22 45
2 Olympique Marseille 17 9 5 3 25 14 9 4 3 2 15 9 8 5 2 1 10 5 11 32
3 Rennes 18 9 4 5 33 16 10 6 1 3 19 8 8 3 3 2 14 8 17 31
4 Nice 18 9 4 5 27 16 9 3 3 3 12 11 9 6 1 2 15 5 11 30
5 Montpellier 18 8 4 6 29 23 9 5 2 2 15 9 9 3 2 4 14 14 6 28
6 Lens 18 7 6 5 32 26 9 4 4 1 18 9 9 3 2 4 14 17 6 27
7 Strasbourg 18 7 5 6 34 24 10 5 2 3 23 12 8 2 3 3 11 12 10 26
8 Monaco 18 7 5 6 27 22 9 4 3 2 17 10 9 3 2 4 10 12 5 26
9 Angers SCO 18 6 7 5 25 23 9 4 1 4 12 12 9 2 6 1 13 11 2 25
10 Nantes 18 7 4 7 24 23 9 5 1 3 14 10 9 2 3 4 10 13 1 25
11 Lille 18 6 7 5 23 24 9 4 4 1 11 10 9 2 3 4 12 14 -1 25
12 Brest 18 6 6 6 25 27 9 3 3 3 13 13 9 3 3 3 12 14 -2 24
13 Olympique Lyonnais 17 6 6 5 25 25 8 4 3 1 16 10 9 2 3 4 9 15 0 23
14 Reims 18 5 7 6 21 21 9 3 3 3 11 10 9 2 4 3 10 11 0 22
15 Bordeaux 18 3 8 7 28 40 9 1 4 4 13 17 9 2 4 3 15 23 -12 17
16 Clermont 18 4 5 9 20 32 8 2 3 3 10 11 10 2 2 6 10 21 -12 17
17 Troyes 18 4 4 10 17 27 9 2 3 4 10 11 9 2 1 6 7 16 -10 16
18 Metz 18 3 6 9 22 38 9 1 4 4 14 19 9 2 2 5 8 19 -16 15
19 Lorient 18 3 6 9 14 30 8 3 2 3 7 8 10 0 4 6 7 22 -16 15
20 Saint-Étienne 18 2 6 10 17 39 9 1 4 4 10 20 9 1 2 6 7 19 -22 12

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.