Can Rennes beat Olympique Lyonnais in Roazhon Park clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Rennes - Olympique Lyonnais!

Insights:
  • Rennes has the most points from losing position (12) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais is in the best form (5-1-0)

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 9 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Rennes after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Rennes goalkeeper Romain Jules Salin is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 336 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 1.

Rennes drew their last game, 0-0 away at Nantes (placed 17th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Metz in a game that was won 1-0.

The Rennes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais, who have the most points (18) away in Ligue 1, have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Olympique as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Montpellier game have they lost an away game, meaning Olympique Lyonnais has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Olympique won their last game, 3-2 versus Lens played at home. Before that, Olympique secured a home win against Nantes with the score 3-0.

Olympique are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Rennes, two draws and three wins for Olympique Lyonnais. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Depay
M. Depay
10 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
9 goals
Olympique LyonnaisT. Kadewere
T. Kadewere
7 goals

Rennes missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Rennes Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
9 5 2 Won W 1 5 11
5 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
4 3 0 Lost L 0 1 1
26 12 4 Scored S 2 15 37
19 11 2 Conceded C 1 8 16
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 78%
56% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 61%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 39%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 28%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 67%
28% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 33%
22% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
13.1 13.1 14 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 14.3 16.6
3.8 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.9 5.3
38% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 34% 39%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Lyonnais has the most points (18) away in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympique Lyonnais is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Rennes has the most points from losing position (12) in Ligue 1
  • 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 Olympique Lyonnais 18 11 6 1 37 16 9 6 3 0 22 8 9 5 3 1 15 8 21 39
2 Paris Saint Germain 18 11 3 4 40 11 9 6 1 2 22 5 9 5 2 2 18 6 29 36
3 Lille 18 10 6 2 32 14 10 6 3 1 18 6 8 4 3 1 14 8 18 36
4 Rennes 18 9 5 4 26 19 9 5 1 3 12 11 9 4 4 1 14 8 7 32
5 Olympique Marseille 16 9 4 3 25 16 8 4 3 1 14 9 8 5 1 2 11 7 9 31
6 Monaco 18 9 3 6 33 27 9 5 3 1 20 13 9 4 0 5 13 14 6 30
7 Angers SCO 18 9 3 6 25 27 9 4 1 4 9 12 9 5 2 2 16 15 -2 30
8 Lens 17 8 3 6 28 27 8 4 2 2 15 13 9 4 1 4 13 14 1 27
9 Montpellier 18 8 3 7 30 31 9 4 0 5 16 19 9 4 3 2 14 12 -1 27
10 Brest 18 8 2 8 30 31 9 6 1 2 19 14 9 2 1 6 11 17 -1 26
11 Metz 18 6 6 6 19 17 9 4 2 3 11 9 9 2 4 3 8 8 2 24
12 Bordeaux 18 6 5 7 18 20 9 3 3 3 8 7 9 3 2 4 10 13 -2 23
13 Nice 17 6 4 7 21 24 9 2 2 5 10 18 8 4 2 2 11 6 -3 22
14 Saint-Étienne 18 4 7 7 19 26 9 2 4 3 9 11 9 2 3 4 10 15 -7 19
15 Reims 18 4 6 8 24 28 8 2 2 4 6 10 10 2 4 4 18 18 -4 18
16 Strasbourg 18 5 2 11 27 32 9 2 2 5 11 14 9 3 0 6 16 18 -5 17
17 Nantes 18 3 7 8 18 30 9 2 5 2 10 14 9 1 2 6 8 16 -12 16
18 Dijon 18 2 7 9 12 26 9 0 4 5 3 10 9 2 3 4 9 16 -14 13
19 Lorient 18 3 3 12 19 36 9 2 1 6 11 17 9 1 2 6 8 19 -17 12
20 Nîmes 18 3 3 12 14 39 9 1 1 7 9 22 9 2 2 5 5 17 -25 12

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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.