Rennes will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Olympique Lyonnais.
Rennes and Olympique Lyonnais should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rennes form and stats
When playing at home, Rennes have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games. The Rennes fans aren't used to losing here at Roazhon Park and will expect new points from this game. Rennes has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.Rennes drew their last game, 1-1 away at Bordeaux (placed 13th). Prior to that, an away loss at Arsenal in the Europa League.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rennes as they are travelling to their away game against Olympique Lyonnais in the Coupe de France. That match is three days after this one.
The Rennes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 matches. Rennes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Roazhon Park, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Olympique Lyonnais playing as the away team this season.The supporters enjoyed Olympique Lyonnais's previous game versus Montpellier (placed 7th), a Ligue 1 3-2 win played at home. It was a Champions League defeat before that one as the away game against Barcelona wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.
A quick return to home after this game, as Olympique Lyonnais are hosting Rennes in the Coupe de France only three.
Olympique Lyonnais has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 21 goals from 14 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Olympique Lyonnais have conceded 22 goals on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Olympique Lyonnais - Rennes 0-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rennes 4 wins, 2 draws and Olympique Lyonnais 4 victories.Top Goalscorers
  M. Dembélé 12 goals / 3 assists |  N. Fekir 9 goals / 5 assists |  H. Aouar 7 goals / 2 assists |
Rennes missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Rennes | Olympique Lyonnais | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | Played | 15 | 29 |
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 79% | Over 1.5 | 87% | 83% |
| 50% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 52% |
| 29% | 29% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 31% |
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 20% | 17% |
| 61% | 43% | Both teams to score | 53% | 55% |
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 33% | 24% |
| 11% | 14% | Failed To Score | 13% | 21% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | PSG | 28 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 70 | 77 |
| 2 | Lille | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 57 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 53 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 47 |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 46 |
| 6 | Reims | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 46 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 29 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | Rennes | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Nice | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 41 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 39 |
| 11 | Nîmes | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 34 |
| 14 | Toulouse | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -15 | 32 |
| 15 | Nantes | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -4 | 31 |
| 16 | Monaco | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -14 | 30 |
| 17 | Amiens SC | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -19 | 29 |
| 18 | Guingamp | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -32 | 22 |
| 19 | Dijon | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -25 | 21 |
| 20 | Caen | 29 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 20 |
