Rennes and Nantes meet in Roazhon Park, in a match for the 14th round of League 1. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations indicates total balance between these two teams, since there were 3 draws and 1 victory for each team in the last 5 games. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 01-28-2017, for League 1, which ended in a draw by (1-1). The goals of the match were scored by J. Gnagnon (86 ‘), for Rennes, and J. Iloki (45’), for Nantes. Despite being a match between 11 th and 5 th of the table, it is actually a match between the 18 th best team in home matches and the other as a visitor.
Rennes:
After 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the home team is currently in the 11 th position, with 15 points won. In the last match, they lost in an away match against Strasbourg by (2-1), after in the previous match they won (1-0) at home, against Bordeaux. Interestingly, this is a team that has had better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 8 points in away matches and only 7 at their stadium. In the last 6 home league matches Rennes has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 18 possible. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 13 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Rennes came into this match with a 2-1 defeat at Strasbourg, putting a final point to the five consecutive wins in several competitions: Hunou made the only goal of the team. In this match at home coach Sabri Lamouchi must opt for a more defensive strategy, with the low lines, exploring only the counterattack: Mubele is a very fast and dangerous player in the counterattack. On the other hand, the midfielder Benjamin Bourigeaud is the best marker of Rennes, with 4 goals scored. For this game the coach can not use Amalfitano, suspended, in addition to Sarr and Prcic, both injured.
Nantes:
After 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, the away team is currently in the 5 th position, with 23 points won. In their last match, they lost with PSG by (4-1), after in the previous match they won at home, in a match against Toulouse, by (2-1). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it conquered similar results at home and abroad. For the league, Nantes won 10 points out of 21 possible points, after 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in the last 7 home matches. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 13 matches in this competition, they only won 1 comeback in the 5 matches they suffered the first goal.
Nantes comes to this game with a defeat against PSG, 4-1, adding the snub in the last three games played in the championship: Nakoulma made the only goal of the team. Normally the Nantes acts in 4-3-3, benefiting the possession of ball and the organized attacks, mainly through the flanks: Thomasson is the great organizer of the offensive process. Everything indicates that coach Claudio Ranieri can not count on Ditu, Krhin and Coulibaly, all injured.
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