Betting preview: Rennes the probable winner when Lorient pay a visit

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 07.August
Match begins: 15:05 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

It's square one in Ligue 1 - the first match of the season. Read our full guide and see how Rennes and Lorient did in their pre-season friendly games!

Lorient play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game takes place on grass. Up to date stats for Lorient when featuring on grass are 3 wins, 13 draws and 22 defeats from 38 matches. They have scored 33 goals and conceded 77 times in these games.

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Rennes form and stats

In the previous season, Rennes's league stats were 20 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, providing 4th position in the Ligue 1. From these 38 matches they scored 82 goals and let in 40. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Rennes generated 14-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 50 goals and 13 conceded.

At last, a league victory after three games without one.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Rennes, who have participated in four training matches. Rennes have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Lorient form and stats

Let's have a look at how Lorient performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 12 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 63 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 11 with 15/41 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Lorient as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Lorient have played five with the results W2-D1-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Lorient has scored 4 goals and conceded 5 times.

Head 2 Head

Rennes-Lorient H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rennes seven wins, Lorient one win, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Rennes missing players

Lorient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rennes Lorient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Rennes Last season Lorient
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
20 14   Won W   2 8
6 1   Drew D   6 12
12 4   Lost L   11 18
82 50   Scored S   15 35
40 13   Conceded C   41 63
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
89% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 68%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 42%
34% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 29%
29% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 18%
50% 37%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
37% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
13% 5%   Failed to Score F T   37% 34%
 
5.8 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.3
4.7 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5.1
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
2 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
14.6 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 11.6
5.2 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.9
41% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 23%
 
9.4 7.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.4 12.5
2.9 2.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajaccio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Angers SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Auxerre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Clermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lorient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paris Saint Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Strasbourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Troyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Étienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajaccio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Angers SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Auxerre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Clermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lorient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paris Saint Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Strasbourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Troyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.