📏 Form Guide

Rennes

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Rennes will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-5 Ligue 1 victory versus Havre AC.

In that match, Rennes had 44% possession and 10 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Rennes, the scorers were Azor Matusiwa (1'), Lorenz Assignon (12'), Arnaud Kalimuendo (15'), Mousa Al Ta'mari (57') and Andrés Gómez (89'). Havre AC got 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Junior Mwanga (42') was the scorer for Havre AC.

Fixtures featuring Rennes have usually been engaging ones of late with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games alone, a total of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 13 of those being chalked up by Rennes. That sort of trend might not be continued here, of course.

Going into this one, Rennes are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Nantes

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Nantes go into this game after a 1-2 Ligue 1 win as they beat Nice in their last match.

In that game, Nantes had 23% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Nantes, the scorers were Douglas Augusto (11') and Matthis Abline (38'). On the other side, Nice got 21 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. Ali Abdi (14') was the scorer for Nice.

The stats tell the story, and Nantes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals in all. In defence, Nantes have clearly had some problems.

Coming into this meeting, Nantes are winless against Rennes in games played away from home for the previous 10 league games. Very poor away form.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 11/05/2022 shows that Rennes have won 4 of them and Nantes 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

A combined total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 of them for Rennes and 4 created by Les Canaris. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The last league match between the two was Ligue 1 match day 14 on 08/12/2024 when it ended Nantes 1-0 Rennes.

That time, Nantes had 46% possession and 14 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Moses Simon (89').

Rennes got 5 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Eric Wattellier.

📋 Team News: Rennes

Alidu Seidu (Cruciate ligament tear) and Ludovic Blas (Dead leg) aren’t available for Rennes manager Habib Beye.

It’s our opinion that Rennes should kick off with a 3-5-2 system for this game, beginning the first half with Brice Samba, Jeremy Jacquet, Anthony Rouault, Lilian Brassier, Lorenz Assignon, Azor Matusiwa, Djaoui Cisse, Seko Fofana, Adrien Truffert, Mousa Tamari and A. Kalimuendo-Muinga.

📋 Team News: Nantes

Nantes manager Antoine Kombouaré has multiple availability issues to deal with. Pedro Chirivella (Dead leg), Francis Coquelin (Hamstring injury) and Fabien Centonze (Knee injury) are those who can’t be considered.

It’s our belief that Les Canaris seem most likely to utilise a 4-4-2 formation with a starting lineup of Anthony Lopes, Nathan Zeze, J. Castelletto, Kelvin Amian, Sorba Thomas, Douglas Augusto, Louis Leroux, Nicolas Cozza, Mostafa Mohamed, Moses Simon and Matthis Abline.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Rennes are likely to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the same time, Nantes won’t find it easy to find the back of the net but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be hitting back at some stage, too.

We reckon that it will be a comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Rennes at the end of the match.

Andre Moura, 18:11 18/04/2025