Match guide: Rennes the expected winner when Nantes come to town

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 15:05 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

Rennes warm up for Nantes with expectations of taking all three points. Will they? Open our preview!

Insights:
  • Rennes have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Ligue 1
  • Nantes have yet to win a game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rennes form and stats

Rennes have played 4 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Rennes's previous fixture was a Europa League game also played at their own arena, ending 2-1 versus Dynamo Kyiv. The home team are looking to continue in that form. The attacker Bourigeaud was announced as "man of the match" for Rennes with the rating of 7.81/10. Bourigeaud hit three key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 44 total).

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Strasbourg.

There will be little rest for Rennes after this match as they are travelling to Dynamo Kyiv for a Europa League game in only four days.

Goals decide football matches and Rennes are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 4 league matches. From these home matches, Rennes have conceded only 3 goals.

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Nantes form and stats

0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nantes in their Ligue 1 matches away.

Two away games in a row for Nantes, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs Freiburg in the Europa League.

A 1-4 defeat away at Monaco before that.

After this away game Nantes return home for a Europa League game against Freiburg. That game is only four sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Nantes has managed {5 goals} and let in 10 from 5 matches. Nantes has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rennes six wins, two draws and Nantes two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RennesM. Terrier
M. Terrier
4 goals
NantesM. Simon
M. Simon
3 goals
RennesA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
2 goals

Rennes missing players

Nantes missing players

Rennes Nantes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 3 Played P 3 5 9
4 3 3 Won W 0 0 1
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 1 0 Lost L 3 3 4
17 10 10 Scored S 4 5 9
9 3 2 Conceded C 9 10 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 78%
89% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 78%
56% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 56%
33% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 33%
11% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 40% 22%
78% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 67%
11% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 22%
11% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 33%
 
5 5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.6 4.6
4.1 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.4 5.8
2.6 2.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 1.6
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.4 15.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.2 11.4
6.7 6.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3.9
28% 37% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 26%
 
10.9 8.8 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 12.2 12.8
3.1 2.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.2 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nantes have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Nantes have yet to win a game 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 (3) 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 PSG 9 8 1 0 28 5 4 3 1 0 9 4 5 5 0 0 19 1 23 25
2 Olympique Marseille 9 7 2 0 19 5 5 4 1 0 10 4 4 3 1 0 9 1 14 23
3 Lorient 9 7 1 1 19 13 4 4 0 0 10 5 5 3 1 1 9 8 6 22
4 Lens 9 6 3 0 17 7 5 5 0 0 12 5 4 1 3 0 5 2 10 21
5 Monaco 9 5 2 2 17 13 5 2 1 2 10 11 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 17
6 Rennes 9 4 3 2 17 9 4 3 0 1 10 3 5 1 3 1 7 6 8 15
7 Olympique Lyonnais 9 4 1 4 16 11 5 4 0 1 13 4 4 0 1 3 3 7 5 13
8 Lille 9 4 1 4 17 18 4 2 0 2 8 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 -1 13
9 Clermont 9 4 1 4 12 14 4 2 0 2 4 8 5 2 1 2 8 6 -2 13
10 Montpellier 9 4 0 5 21 19 5 3 0 2 9 8 4 1 0 3 12 11 2 12
11 Troyes 9 3 2 4 16 18 4 1 2 1 6 7 5 2 0 3 10 11 -2 11
12 Toulouse 9 3 2 4 13 15 5 2 2 1 8 8 4 1 0 3 5 7 -2 11
13 Nice 9 2 2 5 6 11 4 0 1 3 1 6 5 2 1 2 5 5 -5 8
14 Auxerre 9 2 2 5 9 20 5 1 2 2 5 8 4 1 0 3 4 12 -11 8
15 Angers SCO 9 2 2 5 9 21 5 1 1 3 5 11 4 1 1 2 4 10 -12 8
16 Nantes 9 1 4 4 9 15 4 1 2 1 4 5 5 0 2 3 5 10 -6 7
17 Reims 9 1 4 4 12 19 4 0 2 2 4 9 5 1 2 2 8 10 -7 7
18 Brest 9 1 3 5 9 19 4 0 2 2 2 10 5 1 1 3 7 9 -10 6
19 Strasbourg 9 0 5 4 7 12 5 0 3 2 4 7 4 0 2 2 3 5 -5 5
20 Ajaccio 9 1 1 7 5 14 5 0 1 4 2 8 4 1 0 3 3 6 -9 4

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.