Rennes and Lens are both riding high in the Ligue 1 with their 5th and 3rd spots respectively. This could be a top match!
- Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Ligue 1
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Rennes form and stats
Rennes have performed here at Roazhon Park this season with 11 wins from 14 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Rennes, as their goalkeeper Steve Mandanda has completely shut out the opponents for 213 minutes in the Ligue 1.
Rennes enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at PSG's place. The match ended 2-0 with Kalimuendo and Ekambi scoring. Rennes goalkeeper Mandanda did an outstanding job against PSG with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Mandanda was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.9 out of ten. Mandanda topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Auxerre that finished 0-0.Some betting-related information: This club have played 5 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.
The Rennes manager Génésio has got the team scoring with 30 from 14 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Rennes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Roazhon Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.
Lens form and stats
4 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Lens playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Lens goalkeeper Brice Samba is eager to challenge this, with his 201 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Openda (2) and Fofana scored in Lens's previous match, the home game against Angers SCO that ended 3-0. Openda got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, top player of the team. Openda scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Clermont with the score of 4-0.The visiting Lens have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Lens as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Lens have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against Rennes.The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lens - Rennes 2-1.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 14 goals |   M. Terrier 9 goals |  A. Gouiri 9 goals |
Rennes missing players
Lens missing players
| Rennes | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 15 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 47 | 30 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 47 |
| 29 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 79% | 89% |
| 82% | 79% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 64% |
| 61% | 71% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 46% |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 21% | 25% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 11% |
| 61% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 54% |
| 32% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 11% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 18% |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.9 | 14.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 14.7 | 14.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 38% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 36% |
| 10.8 | 8.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 10.9 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Ligue 1
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Ligue 1
- 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 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 | PSG | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 40 | 66 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 25 | 59 |
| 3 | Lens | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 57 |
| 4 | Monaco | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 54 |
| 5 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 50 |
| 6 | Lille | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 49 |
| 7 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 44 |
| 8 | Lorient | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 44 |
| 9 | Reims | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 43 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 41 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 44 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -3 | 36 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Clermont | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -13 | 34 |
| 14 | Nantes | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -7 | 30 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | Brest | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -16 | 24 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -28 | 23 |
| 18 | Troyes | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 39 | -23 | 21 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -30 | 21 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -42 | 10 |
