Only a win will satisfy the Rennes supporters in this Roazhon Park clash with Metz, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligue 1 table.
Rennes form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Roazhon Park as Rennes have scored 25 goals to get 29 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 9-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Rennes bring valid hopes of a third.
The Rennes goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 269 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 1.
A nice win for Rennes last time playing, versus Montpellier. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with Adrien Hunou (2), Flavien Tait, Faitout Maouassa and Romain Del Castillo scoring for the victors. A Coupe de France defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Saint-Étienne.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Rennes played a great game against Montpellier and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A decent goal production from Rennes in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Rennes have conceded 14 goals.
Metz form and stats
The visitors are W3-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.
The supporters enjoyed Metz's previous game versus Nîmes (placed 18th), a Ligue 1 2-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Amiens SC.
Metz goalie Alexandre Oukidja was high and low in the Nîmes game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Metz as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. Metz have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Metz - Rennes 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rennes five wins, four draws and Metz one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Diallo 12 goals |   M. Niang 9 goals |  A. Hunou 8 goals |
Rennes missing players
Metz missing players
| Rennes | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 38 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 27 |
| 24 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 35 |
| 93% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 93% |
| 57% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 71% |
| 39% | 64% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 21% | 36% |
| 18% | 29% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 18% |
| 14% | 21% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 4% |
| 46% | 64% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 46% |
| 36% | 21% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | 29% |
| 25% | 21% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 32% |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 343 | 197 | 88 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 150 | 315 |
| 114 | 69 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 52 | 111 |
| 33% | 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 17% | 24% |
- Rennes has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
- Rennes has the most points from losing position (17)
- Rennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metz have scored away.
| 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 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 51 | 68 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 56 |
| 3 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 50 |
| 4 | Lille | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 49 |
| 5 | Reims | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 40 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Monaco | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -5 | 39 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 37 |
| 13 | Nantes | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 37 |
| 14 | Brest | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Metz | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 34 |
| 16 | Dijon | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 30 |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 30 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -15 | 27 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -19 | 23 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -36 | 13 |