Preview: Rennes the front runner when Strasbourg visit

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 01.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

Welcome to Roazhon Park and this match between Rennes and Strasbourg in the Ligue 1. Here's everything you should know!

Insights:
  • Rennes have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Ligue 1
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ligue 1.

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Rennes form and stats

Rennes have been very solid at home in the Ligue 1 so far, with 27 points collected from 10 matches (9-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 5th position in the table. Ever since the Lorient game Rennes has been unbeatable here at Roazhon Park producing nine straight wins.

Rennes faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lorient (1-2). Midfielder Tait was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.31 (out of ten) in that game. Tait scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Olympique Marseille in the Coupe de France.

Take note that 8 of the latest 10 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus Lille in only three days. This game is also played here at Roazhon Park.

The Rennes manager Génésio has got the team scoring with 24 from 10 home games in the league. From these home matches, Rennes have conceded only 7 goals.

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Strasbourg form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Strasbourg so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Scornet was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stade de la Meinau. Strasbourg suffered a 1-2 loss to Toulouse (placed 12th). Guilbert got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Guilbert hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Olympique Lyonnais at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this club's 13 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Montpellier in just four days.

Strasbourg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Strasbourg have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played earlier this season: Strasbourg - Rennes 1-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Rennes wins - draws - Strasbourg wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RennesM. Terrier
M. Terrier
9 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
8 goals
StrasbourgK. Gameiro
K. Gameiro
7 goals

Rennes missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Rennes Strasbourg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 1 9 20
11 9 4 Won W 0 2 2
4 0 0 Drew D 0 3 9
5 1 0 Lost L 1 4 9
37 24 13 Scored S 1 13 25
22 7 2 Conceded C 2 16 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 90%
70% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 65%
25% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 35%
10% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 15%
75% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 85%
20% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
5% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 15%
 
4.7 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 3.6
3.9 3.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.9 4.9
1.8 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 1.8
6 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
14.9 15.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.4 11.2
5.7 6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.3
33% 40% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 29%
 
10.2 8.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11 14.1 13.6
3.5 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.9 5.2
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Rennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rennes have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Ligue 1
  • Rennes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Strasbourg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 20 15 3 2 49 15 10 8 2 0 24 9 10 7 1 2 25 6 34 48
2 Lens 20 13 6 1 33 14 10 10 0 0 22 7 10 3 6 1 11 7 19 45
3 Olympique Marseille 20 13 4 3 40 17 11 7 2 2 22 10 9 6 2 1 18 7 23 43
4 Monaco 20 11 5 4 43 27 10 5 2 3 23 16 10 6 3 1 20 11 16 38
5 Rennes 20 11 4 5 37 22 10 9 0 1 24 7 10 2 4 4 13 15 15 37
6 Lorient 20 10 5 5 33 30 10 5 2 3 16 14 10 5 3 2 17 16 3 35
7 Lille 20 10 4 6 35 26 10 6 2 2 21 17 10 4 2 4 14 9 9 34
8 Clermont 20 8 5 7 24 27 10 4 2 4 10 16 10 4 3 3 14 11 -3 29
9 Olympique Lyonnais 20 8 4 8 30 23 10 5 2 3 17 9 10 3 2 5 13 14 7 28
10 Nice 20 7 7 6 23 20 10 4 3 3 13 10 10 3 4 3 10 10 3 28
11 Reims 20 5 11 4 22 24 9 3 4 2 10 11 11 2 7 2 12 13 -2 26
12 Toulouse 20 7 5 8 31 35 10 4 4 2 16 15 10 3 1 6 15 20 -4 26
13 Nantes 20 4 10 6 21 24 9 3 5 1 12 9 11 1 5 5 9 15 -3 22
14 Montpellier 20 6 2 12 30 40 10 3 1 6 12 18 10 3 1 6 18 22 -10 20
15 Troyes 20 4 7 9 31 41 10 1 7 2 11 14 10 3 0 7 20 27 -10 19
16 Brest 20 4 6 10 23 34 10 2 4 4 11 17 10 2 2 6 12 17 -11 18
17 Strasbourg 20 2 9 9 25 36 11 0 6 5 12 20 9 2 3 4 13 16 -11 15
18 Ajaccio 20 4 3 13 16 36 10 2 1 7 7 16 10 2 2 6 9 20 -20 15
19 Auxerre 20 3 4 13 16 43 10 2 3 5 9 19 10 1 1 8 7 24 -27 13
20 Angers SCO 20 2 2 16 17 45 10 1 1 8 11 22 10 1 1 8 6 23 -28 8

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.