The Rennes & Nantes managers J. Stéphan and C. Gourcuff are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 league table.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Coupe de France. That game was an away game at Angers SCO, so at least Rennes are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Rennes form and stats
Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Rennes are 6-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Happy days for Rennes in their previous game, a Coupe de France match away at Angers SCO (placed 9th) that ended with a 5-4 victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Nice that finished 1-1.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rennes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rennes as they are travelling to their away game against Lille in the Ligue 1. That match is four days after this one.
The Rennes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Rennes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nantes form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Nantes playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Nantes are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Nantes failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 1 home match vs Bordeaux (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Olympique Lyonnais.
Nantes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting PSG in just four days.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Nantes have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Nantes - Rennes 1-0. Rennes-Nantes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rennes 6 wins, Nantes 1 win, 3 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Niang 7 goals |  A. Hunou 6 goals |   L. Blas 5 goals |
Rennes missing players
Nantes missing players
| Rennes | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 26 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 57% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 48% |
| 38% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 29% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 52% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 33% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 43% |
| 19% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 245 | 125 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 119 | 254 |
| 77 | 42 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 34 | 83 |
| 34% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 23% |
- Nantes has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rennes has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
- 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 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 38 | 52 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 42 |
| 3 | Rennes | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 32 |
| 6 | Nantes | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Lille | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Reims | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 12 | Nice | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 13 | Monaco | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Brest | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 28 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 17 | Dijon | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 18 |
| 19 | Nimes | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -19 | 15 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -26 | 12 |