📏 Form Guide

Toulouse

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Toulouse go into this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 Ligue 1 draw vs Nantes.

In that match, Toulouse managed 40% possession and 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. Nantes had 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Toulouse have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Toulouse have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 12 goals during that time.

Their prior results show that Toulouse:

• are unbeaten in the league by Rennes in their last 4 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 7 league matches. Things will have to change soon.

Rennes

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After a losing effort in their last game against Lyon in Ligue 1 action, Rennes will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Rennes had 47% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Rennes was Mohamed Meïté (50'). At the other end, Lyon got 14 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Malick Fofana (8'), Corentin Tolisso (25'), Alexandre Lacazette (39') and Georges Mikautadze (77') scored for Lyon.

The stats don’t lie, and Rennes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals overall. At the back, Rennes have seen their frailties exposed. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see if that pattern might be maintained in this next match or not.

Coming into this meeting, Rennes have not beaten Toulouse in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 29/02/2020 tells us that Toulouse have won 3 of them and Rennes 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A combined sum of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 of them from Toulouse and 6 created by Rennes. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league game between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 11 on 10/11/2024 and the score finished Rennes 0-2 Toulouse.

That time, Rennes managed 67% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

Toulouse got 9 shots at goal with 2 on target. Joshua King (14') and Aron Dønnum (23') scored.

The referee was Romain Lissorgue.

📰 Team News: Toulouse

Niklas Schmidt (Cruciate ligament tear) and Rasmus Nicolaisen (Injury to the ankle) will not be able to play for Toulouse gaffer Carles Martínez Novell.

It looks as if Toulouse look set to line up in a 3-4-3 system for this one with Guillaume Restes, Djibril Sidibe, Charlie Cresswell, Jaydee Canvot, Rafik Messali, C. Casseres Jr., Vincent Sierro, Aron Doennum, Frank Magri, Joshua King and Yann Gboho.

📰 Team News: Rennes

From a largely healthy group of players, there is only the sole fitness problem for the Rennes boss Habib Beye to be concerned about. Alidu Seidu (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that Rennes might elect for a 3-5-2 system using Brice Samba, Hans Hateboer, Anthony Rouault, Lilian Brassier, Lorenz Assignon, Seko Fofana, Djaoui Cisse, Azor Matusiwa, Adrien Truffert, Ludovic Blas and A. Kalimuendo-Muinga.

✨ Prediction

Our thinking is that Rennes might well have a job on their hands to hit the back of the net against this Toulouse team who we think will score at least once to gain the upper hand.

We therefore see a good battle with a 1-0 advantage for Toulouse at the end of this game.

Renata Leite, 16:03 03/05/2025