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Reims

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Reims enter this match coming off the back of a 2-2 Ligue 1 drawn match against Marseille.

In that match, Reims managed 34% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Reims, the scorers were Sergio Akieme (51') and Yaya Fofana (55'). Marseille had 21 shots on goal with 11 on target. Amine Harit (25') and Mason Greenwood (71') scored for Marseille.

It has been seldom in recent games that Reims have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Reims have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 10 goals along the way.

Rennes

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Strasbourg in Ligue 1 competition, Rennes and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Rennes managed 40% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Rennes, the goals were scored by Ludovic Blas (57') and Christopher Wooh (87' Own goal). At the other end, Strasbourg had 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. Andrey Santos (23') and Emanuel Emegha (48') scored for Strasbourg.

Indicating their partiality to eventful encounters, we’ve seen goals 26 times in the prior 6 games in which Rennes have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 4.33 goals each clash. Opposition teams have got 13 from this total. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen whether such a trend might be maintained in this upcoming match or not.

A look at their previous results shows us that Rennes:

• are winless against Reims when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 12/09/2021, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Reims winning 3 of those games, Rennes 3 and 0 being drawn in regulation time.

A total of 21 goals were scored between them in this period, with 10 from Les rouges et blancs and 11 created by Rennes. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 34 on 19/05/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Reims 2-1 Rennes.

That day, Reims had 35% possession and 6 shots at goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Yunis Abdelhamid (48') and Sergio Akieme (80').

Rennes had 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Fabian Rieder (94') scored.

The match was refereed by Mathieu Vernice.

ℹ️ Team News: Reims

In our view, Les rouges et blancs may well line up in a 4-3-3 formation for this one, handing starts to Yehvann Diouf, Nhoa Sangui, Joseph Okumu, Emmanuel Agbadou, Sergio Akieme, V. Atangana Edoa, Reda Khadra, Marshall Munetsi, Junya Ito, Oumar Diakite and Keito Nakamura.

ℹ️ Team News: Rennes

Out of a mainly available group, there’s only the sole fitness problem for the Rennes gaffer Julien Stéphan to contend with. Doğan Alemdar (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

We believe Rennes could decide to elect for a 4-3-1-2 lineup, settling for Steve Mandanda, Lorenz Assignon, Leo Oestigard, Christopher Wooh, Alidu Seidu, Glen Kamara, Azor Matusiwa, Adrien Truffert, Albert Groenbaek, Ludovic Blas and Amine Gouiri.

✨ Prediction

We’re envisaging that Reims will need things to go their way to break down this Rennes outfit who we think might win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re therefore predicting a narrow 0-1 victory for Rennes when the referee blows for full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:02 01/09/2024