Ligue 1: A pair of contenders who have performed splendidly up to now. Prepare for Rennes - Lille with this comprehensive preview!
- Rennes have the most scored goals (27) at home in Ligue 1
- Lille have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rennes and Lille.
Rennes form and stats
10-0-1 is the performance here at Roazhon Park so far in the Ligue 1, giving Rennes a total of 30 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! In general it's been a long time since Rennes tasted defeat here at Roazhon Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Rennes's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Strasbourg (placed 18th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Gouiri, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top player for the team in that match, earning a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Gouiri scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Lorient.Take note: 15 of the most recent 20 league matches from this club have had goals from both sides.
The Rennes manager Génésio has got the team scoring with 27 from 11 home games in the league. Rennes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Roazhon Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.
Lille form and stats
Playing away, Lille have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
The attacking players of Lille have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 182 minutes.
Lille played 0-0 against Clermont in their previous match. Cabella got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Cabella hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Nice's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Lille in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Lille, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
Lille have another fixture that requires travelling in just four nights, a Coupe de France fixture versus Olympique Lyonnais. A back-breaking schedule for the visitors!
Lille are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Lille as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Lille have won at least one point in the last 7 fixtures (3-4-0) versus Rennes.The squads have played each other previously this season, with the final score Lille - Rennes 1-1 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  J. David 12 goals |   M. Terrier 9 goals |  A. Gouiri 8 goals |
Rennes missing players
Lille missing players
| Rennes | Lille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 40 | 27 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 35 |
| 22 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 90% | 82% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 71% | 82% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 24% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 10% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 71% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 24% | 45% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 29% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 19% |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 14.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 14.3 | 15.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 34% | 42% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 31% |
| 9.9 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 7.8 | 9 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
- Lille have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- 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 conceded goals (7) at home in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the most scored goals (27) at home in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the the best goal difference (+20) 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 51 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 46 |
| 3 | Lens | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| 4 | Monaco | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 5 | Rennes | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Lille | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Lorient | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Nice | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Clermont | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 29 |
| 11 | Reims | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Nantes | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -12 | 20 |
| 15 | Brest | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Troyes | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Ajaccio | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 13 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 8 |
