📏 Form Guide

Strasbourg

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Strasbourg are hoping to win again following a 1-3 Ligue 1 success against Nantes.

In that match, Strasbourg managed 36% possession and 11 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Strasbourg, the goalscorers were Kévin Gameiro (3') and Emanuel Emegha (62', 78'). For their opponents, Nantes got 11 shots at goal with 2 on target. Eray Cömert (35') was the scorer for Nantes.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Strasbourg haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Strasbourg have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 10 goals on the way. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Their past results show that Strasbourg:

• haven't beaten Rennes in their previous 3 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.

Rennes

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Rennes go into this game following a 2-0 Ligue 1 win with the eclipse of Marseille in their last outing.

In that game, Rennes had 43% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Rennes, the goalscorers were Martin Terrier (21') and Benjamin Bourigeaud (78'). For their opponents, Marseille got 8 shots at goal with 1 on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Rennes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 8 goals in total. Defensively, Rennes just haven’t been too solid at all.

Their prior results show that Rennes:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 6 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes stretching back to 14/03/2021 shows us that Strasbourg have won 1 of these & Rennes 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

An aggregate of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 4 for Le Racing and 10 coming from Rennes. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 10 on 29/10/2023 and the score finished Rennes 1-1 Strasbourg.

That time, Rennes had 61% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Adrien Truffert (23').

Strasbourg had 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Lebo Mothiba (81') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Florent Batta.

📰 Team News: Strasbourg

Karol Fila (Cruciate ligament tear) and Lebo Mothiba (Patellar tendon rupture) will be missing for Strasbourg gaffer Patrick Vieira.

🗞️ Team News: Rennes

Due to a mostly available group of players, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Rennes manager Julien Stéphan to contend with. Mahamadou Nagida (Knee injury) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Strasbourg may find it difficult to be putting a goal past this Rennes outfit who we reckon should get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re therefore seeing a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 advantage for Rennes when the full-time whistle blows.

Should be interesting.

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

Andre Moura, 15:03 31/03/2024