Rennes – Lille SOCCER PICKS
Rennes and Lille meet in Roazhon Park, in a match for this phase of the Coupe de France (8th Finals). The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 5 matches won 4 and tied 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, in 21-10- 2017, for League 1, Rennes won by (1-0). B. Bourigeaud (6 ‘) scored the only goal of the match.
Rennes:
Until reaching this stage of the Coupe de France (8th Finals), the home team eliminated: St-Pryvé St-Hilaire and Brest. In the last match they played, for the League 1, they beat Amiens SC at home (1-0). In the last 10 home matches Rennes has won 6, tied 2 and lost 2. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, as 21 of the last 24 matches they have played have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 15 games, they suffered the first goal 4 times, but got the comeback in 2.
Rennes left for the match with a 1-0 win at the Amiens reception: the only goal of the team was scored by Mehdi Zeffane. To reach this phase of the Cup of France, the locals eliminated Brest and St-Hilaire. In this game against the fans, coach Julien Stéphan must maintain his usual tactical scheme, that is, 4-2-3-1, with Ben Arfa as the team’s master: this player is very competent when creating and organizing the offensive process. On the other hand, Ismaila Sarr is the best marker of Rennes, with 9 goals scored. For this game the local coach can not count on Danze, Ludovic Baal and Guitane, all with physical problems.
Lille:
Until reaching this phase of the Coupe de France (8th Finals), the visiting team eliminated: Sète and Sochaux. The team comes to this match after a home victory over Nice by (4-0). In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Lille won 6 and lost 4. Their attack has scored regularly, since they scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches. In 15 games, they only got 1 comeback in the 5 games in which they suffered the first goal. In the last 14 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have suffered 9 of their 15 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
The Lille party for this game with a triumph, 4-0, at the reception to Nice, thus adding the sixth successive triumph in official matches. In the previous qualifiers of the French Cup, the strangers eliminated Sochaux and Sète. Normally the trainer Christophe Galtier plays in 4-3-3, privileging the possession of ball and the organized attacks, especially, through the flanks. It is important to note the importance of Nicolas Pépé in the tactical scheme of Lille: this player is very important in the offensive process of the team. There are no important absences for this game.
