Lots to play for in this fixture, with Rennes placed 5th and Olympique Lyonnais in 6th. Here's a full preview!
- Rennes is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olympique Lyonnais have scored 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.
Rennes form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Roazhon Park as Rennes, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Ligue 1, have scored 11 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Rennes, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
A nice win for Rennes last time playing, versus Mura. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with L. Badé scoring for the victors.
A 2-2 draw away in the Ligue 1 before that, with Troyes the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Rennes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rennes as a small favourite), we find five games. Rennes has won three of these, drawn zero and lost two.
A decent goal production from Rennes in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Rennes have only let in 3 goals at home.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Islam Slimani (2) and Karl Toko Ekambi scored in Olympique's previous match, the home game against Sparta Praha that ended 3-0. Attacker Islam Slimani got a player rating of 8.21 in the game. "Man of the match" Slimani scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 27 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Lens in the Ligue 1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Olympique Lyonnais in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Olympique Lyonnais, zero draws and one defeat.
Olympique have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Olympique have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Rennes won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Olympique Lyonnais managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  M. Terrier 4 goals |  K. Sulemana 4 goals |  G. Laborde 4 goals |
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| Rennes | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 33% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 17% |
| 33% | 17% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 75% |
| 42% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13.8 | 14 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12 | 13.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 35% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 21% | 31% |
| 10.2 | 8.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 16.2 | 14.6 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.6 | 6 |
- Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olympique Lyonnais have scored away.
- Rennes have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Ligue 1
- Rennes have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Ligue 1
- Rennes have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Rennes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rennes is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Nice | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Lens | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Rennes | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Nantes | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Monaco | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Lille | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Lorient | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Troyes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Clermont | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Reims | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Brest | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Metz | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 6 |