📏 Form Guide

Lille

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Lille will play in this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Ligue 1 stalemate versus Nice.

In that match, Lille managed 57% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Lille, the goals were scored by Matias Fernandez-Pardo (17') and Mitchel Bakker (66'). Nice had 17 shots on goal with 5 on target. Sofiane Diop (56') and Tom Louchet (96') scored for Nice.

In their last six fixtures, Bruno Génésio's Lille have netted 9 times, with that being an average number of goals per match equal to 1.5.

Pre-game facts show that Lille:

• haven't lost in the league to Rennes in their last 10 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• have not emerged victorious against Rennes in their previous 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Rennes

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Since being beaten in their last game against Toulouse in Ligue 1 action, Rennes will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Rennes managed 67% possession and 7 shots on goal with 1 on target. Toulouse had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Joshua King (14') and Aron Dønnum (23') scored for Toulouse.

The attacking players from Rennes have failed to get amongst the goals in their past 6 games, netting the unsatisfactory return of only 4. In those matches, Rennes have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 12.

Analysis of their past results shows that Rennes:

• have left without a victory over Lille when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. Not the best of away records.
• remain unbeaten by Lille when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 6 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 01/12/2021 tells us that Lille have won 2 of them and Rennes 0, with the number of drawn matches standing at 4.

A total of 21 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 12 of them from LOSC and 9 being from Rennes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The previous league fixture between the two was Ligue 1 match day 25 on 10/03/2024 and the score finished Lille 2-2 Rennes.

In that match, Lille had 60% possession and 15 shots on goal with 8 on target. The scorer was Jonathan David (84', 92').

On the other side, Rennes had 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. Ludovic Blas (1') and Arnaud Kalimuendo (20') scored.

The match was refereed by Benoît Millot.

📰 Team News: Lille

Nabil Bentaleb (heart problems), Thomas Meunier (Adductor pain), Osame Sahraoui (Muscle fatigue), Rémy Cabella (Dead leg), Samuel Umtiti (Knee surgery), Tiago Santos (Cruciate ligament tear), André Gomes (Dead leg), Hákon Arnar Haraldsson (Broken foot) and Ethan Mbappé (Torn thigh muscle) are not available for Lille gaffer Bruno Génésio.

In our view, LOSC could use a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, handing starts to Lucas Chevalier, Aissa Mandi, Bafode Diakite, Alexsandro Ribeiro, Mitchel Bakker, Benjamin Andre, Angel Gomes, Edon Zhegrova, Ayyoub Bouaddi, M. Fernandez-Pardo and Jonathan David.

📋 Team News: Rennes

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Rennes manager Jorge Sampaoli to be concerned about. Doğan Alemdar (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

We’re of the thinking that Rennes might utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Steve Mandanda, Lorenz Assignon, Christopher Wooh, Alidu Seidu, Hans Hateboer, Baptiste Santamaria, Glen Kamara, Ludovic Blas, Amine Gouiri, Jota and A. Kalimuendo-Muinga.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Rennes will do well to score against this Lille side who we think will likely get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore tipping a very competitive game with a 1-0 advantage for Lille after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 13:06 24/11/2024