📊 Form Guide

Nantes

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Nantes fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-1 Ligue 1 victory versus Havre AC.

In that game, Nantes had 56% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Nantes was Kader Bamba (93'). On the other side, Havre AC had 10 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

It has not been often in recent times where Nantes haven’t conceded. The facts show that Nantes have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 11 goals in the process.

Taking a look at their past results, Nantes:

• have not emerged victorious against Rennes in their last 3 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 7 league matches. Fans are getting restless.

Rennes

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After a losing effort in their last game against Toulouse in Ligue 1 competition, Rennes will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Rennes had 55% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Rennes was Désiré Doué (20'). At the other end, Toulouse had 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Cristian Cásseres (22') and Moussa Diarra (32') scored for Toulouse.

Looking at their form, and Rennes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals overall. Defensively, Rennes certainly have room for improvement. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be continued here, however.

Heading into this contest, Rennes have not won away from home in their last 4 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings dating back to 11/04/2021 shows that Nantes have won 1 of these and Rennes 5, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

A sum of 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 3 of them for Les Canaris and 10 coming from Rennes. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The last league match between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 7 on 01/10/2023 when it finished Rennes 3-1 Nantes.

That time, Rennes managed 59% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Benjamin Bourigeaud (6'), Désiré Doué (73') and Arnaud Kalimuendo (97').

On the other side, Nantes had 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Pedro Chirivella (45') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Ruddy Buquet.

📋 Team News: Nantes

Ignatius Ganago (Cruciate ligament tear), Bastien Meupiyou (Meniscus damage) and Moses Simon (Broken fibula) won’t be available for Nantes gaffer Antoine Kombouaré.

It looks as if Les Canaris should make use of the 4-3-1-2 system for this game, utilising Alban Lafont, Kelvin Amian, J. Castelletto, Nicolas Pallois, Nicolas Cozza, Moussa Sissoko, Douglas Augusto, Pedro Chirivella, Florent Mollet, Mostafa Mohamed and Benie Traore.

📋 Team News: Rennes

Due to a mostly full-strength group of players, there is only a single fitness issue for the Rennes boss Julien Stéphan to be concerned with. Mahamadou Nagida (Knee injury) won’t be in action. Alidu Seidu is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We are inclined to think that Rennes will likely begin the game with a 4-4-2 formation by sending out Steve Mandanda, Guela Doue, Warmed Omari, Arthur Theate, Jeanuel Belocian, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Baptiste Santamaria, Azor Matusiwa, Desire Doue, Martin Terrier and Amine Gouiri.

🔮 Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Nantes could find themselves up against it to score goals against this Rennes team who we reckon will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore seeing a very competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for Rennes at full-time.

Let’s see what happens.

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Andre Moura, 14:02 20/04/2024