The home team, Rennes, should be the favourites in this game, but Clermont have shown both ability and determination. Learn more about the fixture!
- Rennes have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Ligue 1
- Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Rennes have less rest than Clermont in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Shakhtar Donetsk, so at least Rennes are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Rennes form and stats
10-0-2 is the performance here at Roazhon Park so far in the Ligue 1, giving Rennes a total of 30 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results!
The club members hope that Rennes will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Europa League fixture against Shakhtar Donetsk. Doku (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.9/10. Doku served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).
A Ligue 1 defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Toulouse.Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them had goals from both sides.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa League game versus Shakhtar Donetsk in only four days. This game is also played here at Roazhon Park.
Goals decide football matches and Rennes are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 12 league matches. Rennes have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Clermont form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Clermont are looking to quickly end their 403 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 1.
Home advantage was not enough for Clermont in their previous game as they lost hosting Olympique Marseille, 0-2. Borges got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Borges hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Monaco.The visiting Clermont have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 11 games.
Head 2 Head
Rennes and Clermont have met previously this season: Clermont - Rennes 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Rennes two wins, zero draws and Clermont two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Terrier 9 goals |  A. Gouiri 9 goals |  A. Muinga 4 goals |
Rennes missing players
Clermont missing players
| Rennes | Clermont | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 42 | 28 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| 28 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 87% |
| 91% | 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 74% |
| 74% | 83% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 45% | 43% |
| 30% | 33% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 9% | 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 74% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 52% |
| 22% | 42% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 4% | 8% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 35% |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.3 | 14.1 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 33% | 30% |
| 10.3 | 8.8 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 13.9 | 13.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
- Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rennes have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Ligue 1
- 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 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 35 | 54 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 49 |
| 3 | Monaco | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | Lens | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 46 |
| 5 | Lille | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Rennes | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 40 |
| 7 | Nice | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 37 |
| 8 | Lorient | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 10 | Reims | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 33 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 32 |
| 12 | Clermont | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Nantes | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 34 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | Brest | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 20 |
| 16 | Troyes | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 35 | -19 | 19 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -24 | 18 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 23 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 10 |
