The visiting Rennes side should be favourites in this visit to Nîmes, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
Nîmes have less rest than Rennes in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligue 1 game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stade des Costieres. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Rennes have had more rest.
Rennes have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Nîmes form and stats
3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Nîmes so far this season.
Nîmes's last game was hosting Reims (placed 10th) and winning 2-0. A 2-2 draw away in the Coupe de France before that, with Tours the opponent.
Nîmes are traveling soon after this match as the Coupe de France match at Dijon awaits in four days.
The Nîmes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. Nîmes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rennes form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Rennes have produced an overall stat of 4-2-3 so far. Rennes has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
The manager J. Stéphan was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Roazhon Park. Rennes suffered a 0-1 loss to Olympique Marseille (placed 2nd). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Amiens SC in the Coupe de France.
The schedule is very tough for Rennes now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Coupe de France game at Consolat Marseille is waiting in only four days.
Rennes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Rennes as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 1 - 0 - 1 (Nîmes wins - draws - Rennes wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
M. Niang
7 goals
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A. Hunou
5 goals
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R. Ripart
4 goals
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Nîmes missing players
Rennes missing players
| Nîmes | Rennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 32 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 95% |
| 63% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 44% | 58% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 42% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 53% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | 32% |
| 47% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 21% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 245 | 142 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 92 | 217 |
| 71 | 43 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 28 | 70 |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 34% |
- Nîmes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 46 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rennes | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Nantes | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 32 |
| 5 | Lille | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Monaco | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 10 | Reims | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 11 | Nice | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 26 |
| 14 | Brest | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Dijon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Metz | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 17 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 15 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -23 | 12 |