Full preview: Rennes expected to beat Brest at Roazhon Park

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

It's advantage Rennes so far this season, with their 5th spot in the Ligue 1 table and anticipating the visit of Brest (who are sitting at 13th).

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

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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Rennes form and stats

Rennes are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Roazhon Park. 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 11 games.

In their previous game, the manager Génésio led his Rennes to a defeat away at Clermont. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Roazhon Park. Midfield player Bourigeaud got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Bourigeaud served one assist and hit six key passes.

Before that game, the 6-0 home victory against Bordeaux.

Rennes can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Rennes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Roazhon Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Brest form and stats

3-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brest in their Ligue 1 matches away.

Honorat got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Honorat hit five key passes.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Lille in the Ligue 1.

Brest are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As for defending, Brest rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Brest - Rennes 1-1. Rennes-Brest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rennes five wins, Brest one win, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

RennesM. Terrier
M. Terrier
10 goals
BrestF. Honorat
F. Honorat
6 goals

Rennes missing players

Brest missing players

Rennes Brest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 4 11 22
10 7 2 Won W 1 3 7
4 1 1 Drew D 0 4 7
8 3 1 Lost L 3 4 8
41 25 7 Scored S 4 13 28
21 8 4 Conceded C 8 17 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
45% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 55% 50%
23% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 23%
18% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
41% 36% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 91% 68%
41% 55% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
18% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 9% 14%
 
6.2 6.5 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.8 4.6
5 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.4 5.5
1.5 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.1 17.2 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10.5 11.3
5.1 5.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.4
37% 45% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 29%
 
9.3 7.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 14.5 12.5
3 2.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.5 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Brest's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 22 16 5 1 46 18 11 10 1 0 27 6 11 6 4 1 19 12 28 53
2 Nice 22 13 4 5 36 18 11 5 3 3 16 13 11 8 1 2 20 5 18 42
3 Olympique Marseille 21 11 7 3 30 16 11 4 5 2 17 11 10 7 2 1 13 5 14 40
4 Strasbourg 22 10 5 7 44 29 11 6 2 3 26 13 11 4 3 4 18 16 15 35
5 Rennes 22 10 4 8 41 21 11 7 1 3 25 8 11 3 3 5 16 13 20 34
6 Montpellier 22 10 4 8 37 30 12 7 2 3 22 13 10 3 2 5 15 17 7 34
7 Monaco 22 9 6 7 35 26 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 3 3 5 12 15 9 33
8 Lens 22 9 6 7 36 31 11 5 4 2 19 11 11 4 2 5 17 20 5 33
9 Nantes 22 9 5 8 30 27 11 6 2 3 18 12 11 3 3 5 12 15 3 32
10 Lille 22 8 8 6 30 30 10 5 4 1 14 11 12 3 4 5 16 19 0 32
11 Olympique Lyonnais 21 8 8 5 29 27 11 5 5 1 19 12 10 3 3 4 10 15 2 31
12 Angers SCO 22 7 8 7 28 29 11 5 1 5 14 14 11 2 7 2 14 15 -1 29
13 Brest 22 7 7 8 28 33 11 4 3 4 15 16 11 3 4 4 13 17 -5 28
14 Reims 22 5 9 8 22 27 10 3 3 4 11 11 12 2 6 4 11 16 -5 24
15 Clermont 22 5 6 11 22 39 11 3 4 4 12 14 11 2 2 7 10 25 -17 21
16 Troyes 22 5 5 12 20 31 11 2 4 5 11 13 11 3 1 7 9 18 -11 20
17 Bordeaux 22 4 8 10 34 53 12 2 4 6 19 24 10 2 4 4 15 29 -19 20
18 Metz 22 4 7 11 24 43 11 1 4 6 14 23 11 3 3 5 10 20 -19 19
19 Lorient 22 3 8 11 18 38 10 3 4 3 8 9 12 0 4 8 10 29 -20 17
20 Saint-Etienne 22 3 6 13 19 43 11 1 4 6 11 23 11 2 2 7 8 20 -24 15

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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.