Olympique Lyonnais will hope to make use of their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Rennes.
- Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Ligue 1
There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Coupe de France fixture only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Nantes.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Lyonnais at their home stadium (Groupama OL Academy Décines-Charpieu) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The club members hope that Lyon will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Coupe de France fixture against Nantes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting PSG and winning 1-0.Olympique Lyonnais are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Olympique Lyonnais have conceded only 11 goals.
Rennes form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.
Rennes's previous game was their home loss versus Lens (0-1). Midfield player Bourigeaud was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.33/10. Bourigeaud hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 64 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at PSG.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rennes playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Rennes win, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league fixtures in a row with this club have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.
Rennes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). 18 goals have been conceded by Rennes in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Olympique Lyonnais and Rennes have faced off already this season: Rennes - Olympique Lyonnais 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Lyon wins - draws - Rennes wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lacazette 17 goals |   M. Terrier 9 goals |  A. Gouiri 9 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Rennes missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Rennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 44 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 47 |
| 32 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | 30 |
| 90% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 69% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 52% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 59% |
| 28% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 21% | 24% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 62% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 79% | 59% |
| 24% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 31% |
| 24% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 5.1 | 6.6 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 13.6 | 16.1 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 13.4 | 13.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 28% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | 32% |
| 10.9 | 10.1 | 15.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.8 | 10.9 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 68 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 39 | 66 |
| 2 | Lens | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 60 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 25 | 60 |
| 4 | Monaco | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 21 | 57 |
| 5 | Lille | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 52 |
| 6 | Rennes | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 50 |
| 7 | Reims | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 46 |
| 8 | Nice | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 45 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 44 |
| 10 | Lorient | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 44 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | -3 | 37 |
| 12 | Clermont | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -12 | 37 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -7 | 35 |
| 14 | Nantes | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 30 |
| 15 | Brest | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 27 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -13 | 26 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -27 | 26 |
| 18 | Troyes | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 62 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 40 | -24 | 21 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 29 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -31 | 21 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 29 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -42 | 11 |
