Delightful dogfight as daring Rennes duels with determined Nantes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

Rennes battle Nantes for fame and sporting success.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rennes form and stats

The first Ligue 1 game here at Roazhon Park resulted in a draw. Last season Rennes's home game statistics were 9 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 19 games.

Rennes drew their last game, 1-1 away at Brest (placed 11th). Defender Birger Meling got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.31/10. Meling served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels. The hometeam coach B. Génésio made a successful contribution in the game against Brest, bringing on Sehrou Guirassy who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Before that, Rennes drew at home versus Lens.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rennes handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, one draw and four defeats.

At Roazhon Park, Rennes has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Nantes form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Ligue 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Nantes won their last game, 2-0 versus Metz played at home. Midfield player Moses Simon was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Simon signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.

A 1-1 draw at Monaco's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Nantes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, three draws and six defeats.

1 goal so far away for Nantes, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Rennes wins - draws - Nantes wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RennesS. Guirassy
S. Guirassy
1 goals
RennesK. Sulemana
K. Sulemana
1 goals
NantesJ. Castelletto
J. Castelletto
1 goals

Rennes missing players

Nantes missing players

Rennes Nantes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 3
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
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%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 4
7.5 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5.5
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 8.5
2.5 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 4
40% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 38%
Rennes Last season Nantes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
16 9   Won W   6 9
10 4   Drew D   5 13
12 6   Lost L   8 16
52 26   Scored S   26 47
40 21   Conceded C   26 55
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
71% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 92%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 55%
16% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 21%
5% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
53% 58%   BTTS BTTS   63% 68%
26% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 13%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   26% 24%
 
5.2 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.7
3.3 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.6
2.1 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.8
5 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
13.2 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.6
4 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.2
34% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Angers SCO 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Clermont 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Paris Saint Germain 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Nice 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
5 Nantes 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Olympique Marseille 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
7 Lorient 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Lens 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 Reims 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
10 Saint-Etienne 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
11 Brest 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Rennes 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Montpellier 2 0 1 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 1
14 Monaco 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Metz 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
16 Bordeaux 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
17 Olympique Lyonnais 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
18 Lille 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 -4 1
19 Troyes 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
20 Strasbourg 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 -4 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 Lille 38 24 11 3 64 23 19 10 7 2 28 11 19 14 4 1 36 12 41 83
2 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 4 8 86 28 19 13 1 5 44 14 19 13 3 3 42 14 58 82
3 Monaco 38 24 6 8 76 42 19 12 5 2 43 21 19 12 1 6 33 21 34 78
4 Olympique Lyonnais 38 22 10 6 81 43 19 11 3 5 42 23 19 11 7 1 39 20 38 76
5 Olympique Marseille 38 16 12 10 54 47 19 10 5 4 32 23 19 6 7 6 22 24 7 60
6 Rennes 38 16 10 12 52 40 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 7 6 6 26 19 12 58
7 Lens 38 15 12 11 55 54 19 7 7 5 28 26 19 8 5 6 27 28 1 57
8 Montpellier 38 14 12 12 60 62 19 7 4 8 34 35 19 7 8 4 26 27 -2 54
9 Nice 38 15 7 16 50 53 19 7 3 9 25 30 19 8 4 7 25 23 -3 52
10 Metz 38 12 11 15 44 48 19 5 5 9 19 26 19 7 6 6 25 22 -4 47
11 Saint-Etienne 38 12 10 16 42 54 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 7 4 8 22 25 -12 46
12 Bordeaux 38 13 6 19 42 56 19 7 4 8 19 21 19 6 2 11 23 35 -14 45
13 Angers SCO 38 12 8 18 40 58 19 6 3 10 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 31 -18 44
14 Reims 38 9 15 14 42 50 19 4 8 7 16 21 19 5 7 7 26 29 -8 42
15 Strasbourg 38 11 9 18 49 58 19 4 5 10 21 29 19 7 4 8 28 29 -9 42
16 Lorient 38 11 9 18 50 68 19 10 2 7 31 29 19 1 7 11 19 39 -18 42
17 Brest 38 11 8 19 50 66 19 8 4 7 32 33 19 3 4 12 18 33 -16 41
18 Nantes 38 9 13 16 47 55 19 3 8 8 21 29 19 6 5 8 26 26 -8 40
19 Nîmes 38 9 8 21 40 71 19 3 5 11 22 39 19 6 3 10 18 32 -31 35
20 Dijon 38 4 9 25 25 73 19 1 6 12 8 31 19 3 3 13 17 42 -48 21

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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.