📏 Form Guide

Rennes

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Rennes will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-3 Ligue 1 success over Nantes.

In that match, Rennes had 56% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Rennes, the goalscorers were Arnaud Kalimuendo (67'), Benjamin Bourigeaud (76') and Amine Gouiri (91'). On the other side, Nantes had 6 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

An interesting aspect of recent Rennes games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

Taking their previous sextet of clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would have been a loser.

Coming into this contest, Rennes have not lost a league tie with Brest in their last 13 matches. A very long unbeaten run against them.

Brest

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Monaco in Ligue 1 competition, Brest and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Brest had 57% possession and 12 shots at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Monaco got 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Denis Zakaria (40') and Takumi Minamino (48') scored for Monaco.

Indicating their penchant for high-scoring encounters, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the prior six matches in which Brest have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.33 goals each clash. Their opponents have hit 11 of those goals. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on past results between these clubs stretching back to 17/01/2021 tells us that these fixtures have been miserable for Brest. They’ve not managed to get any wins at all whereas Rennes have simply been better than them, beating them in 67 per cent of those games played.

In all, 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 10 from Rennes and 4 coming from Les Ty' Zefs. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 4 on 02/09/2023 when the final score was Brest 0-0 Rennes.

In that game, Brest managed 48% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Rennes got 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj.

ℹ️ Team News: Rennes

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the sole fitness concern for the Rennes gaffer Julien Stéphan to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Mahamadou Nagida (Knee injury) is out of contention.

It looks as if Rennes should go for a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Steve Mandanda, Guela Doue, Warmed Omari, Christopher Wooh, Jeanuel Belocian, Baptiste Santamaria, Azor Matusiwa, Ludovic Blas, Martin Terrier, Desire Doue and A. Kalimuendo-Muinga.

ℹ️ Team News: Brest

Due to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Brest manager Éric Roy has no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game.

From our viewpoint, Les Ty' Zefs appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Marco Bizot, Kenny Lala, Brendan Chardonnet, Julien Le Cardinal, Bradley Locko, Hugo Magnetti, Pierre Lees-Melou, Romain Del Castillo, Kamory Doumbia, Martin Satriano and Steve Mounie.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment here is that Brest will need things to go their way to register a score against this Rennes outfit who we reckon should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Rennes when the referee blows for full-time.

Should be interesting.

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Victor Martins, 15:01 28/04/2024