Evenly matched teams: Rennes vs Lille match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 24.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

The Rennes & Lille managers J. Stéphan and C. Galtier are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 league table.

Insights:
  • Rennes has the most points from losing position (15) in Ligue 1
  • Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Rennes form and stats

Rennes have played 10 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Rennes, who won 2-1 against Brest (placed 12th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Olympique Lyonnais that ended 2-2.

The Rennes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Rennes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lille form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Ligue 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Lille on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Lille are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Ligue 1 against Reims (placed 15th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Nîmes with the score of 1-0.

The end of the last match, against Reims, was very satisfying as Jonathan David scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Lille has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. Lille are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Lille - Rennes 1-1. Rennes-Lille H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rennes five wins, Lille three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LilleB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
9 goals
LilleJ. Bamba
J. Bamba
6 goals
LilleY. Yazıcı
Y. Yazıcı
5 goals

Rennes missing players

Lille missing players

Rennes Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 1 9 20
10 5 2 Won W 0 5 12
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 6
4 3 0 Lost L 0 1 2
30 14 6 Scored S 1 15 35
22 13 4 Conceded C 1 8 15
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 80%
60% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 45%
15% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 20%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 10%
60% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 55%
25% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 45%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.7 13 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.9 12.3
3.9 3.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.6 4.7
39% 37% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 37% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lille have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rennes has the most points from losing position (15) in Ligue 1
  • Rennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 20 13 3 4 44 11 10 7 1 2 25 5 10 6 2 2 19 6 33 42
2 Lille 20 12 6 2 35 15 11 7 3 1 20 7 9 5 3 1 15 8 20 42
3 Olympique Lyonnais 20 11 7 2 39 19 10 6 3 1 22 9 10 5 4 1 17 10 20 40
4 Monaco 20 11 3 6 39 29 10 6 3 1 23 13 10 5 0 5 16 16 10 36
5 Rennes 20 10 6 4 30 22 10 5 2 3 14 13 10 5 4 1 16 9 8 36
6 Olympique Marseille 18 9 5 4 26 18 9 4 3 2 15 11 9 5 2 2 11 7 8 32
7 Angers SCO 20 9 3 8 25 31 10 4 1 5 9 13 10 5 2 3 16 18 -6 30
8 Bordeaux 20 8 5 7 23 21 10 4 3 3 10 8 10 4 2 4 13 13 2 29
9 Metz 20 7 7 6 21 18 10 4 3 3 12 10 10 3 4 3 9 8 3 28
10 Lens 19 8 4 7 29 29 9 4 2 3 15 14 10 4 2 4 14 15 0 28
11 Montpellier 20 8 4 8 33 35 11 4 1 6 19 23 9 4 3 2 14 12 -2 28
12 Brest 20 8 2 10 31 36 10 6 1 3 20 16 10 2 1 7 11 20 -5 26
13 Strasbourg 20 7 2 11 29 32 10 3 2 5 12 14 10 4 0 6 17 18 -3 23
14 Nice 19 6 5 8 22 28 10 2 2 6 10 21 9 4 3 2 12 7 -6 23
15 Reims 20 5 6 9 28 31 9 3 2 4 9 11 11 2 4 5 19 20 -3 21
16 Saint-Étienne 20 4 7 9 20 30 9 2 4 3 9 11 11 2 3 6 11 19 -10 19
17 Nantes 20 3 9 8 20 32 10 2 6 2 11 15 10 1 3 6 9 17 -12 18
18 Nîmes 20 4 3 13 16 41 10 1 1 8 9 23 10 3 2 5 7 18 -25 15
19 Dijon 19 2 8 9 12 26 10 0 5 5 3 10 9 2 3 4 9 16 -14 14
20 Lorient 19 3 3 13 20 38 9 2 1 6 11 17 10 1 2 7 9 21 -18 12

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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.