Ligue 1
Rennes stand 5th in Ligue 1, with 16 points from 9 league games. Before you back Rennes, check recent form and the goals profile; the best markets and bookmakers follow.
Rennes
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Les Rennais, or Les Rouge et Noirs, play Ligue 1 football as Rennes, a club that dates back to 1901.
Rennes have scored 20 in 9 league games, 2.2 a game, above the league average of 1.52.
Yet defensively, Rennes let in more than the typical side: 2.1 conceded per game against 1.52.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lille | 9 |
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| 3 |
| 1 |
| 12 |
| 6 |
| +6 |
| 18 |
| +2 |
| 3 | Lyon | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 17 | +1 |
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| 4 | Paris | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 17 | +1 |
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| 5 | Rennes | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 16 | – |
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| 6 | Marseille | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 15 | −1 |
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| 7 | Monaco | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 15 | −1 |
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| 8 | Nice | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | −2 |
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League average this season: 1.52 goals scored per team per game, 3.0 per match (all 18 clubs' goals over their games played).
Rennes are down to 1.0 points a game over the last five, from 1.8 across the season (all competitions).
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Europa League | H | Olympiakos Piraeus (H) | 0–0 | D | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Nice (A) | 2–5 | L | |
| Ligue 1 | H | Strasbourg (H) | 3–0 | W | |
| UEFA Europa League | A | Juventus (A) | 2–2 | D | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Paris (A) | 3–4 | L | |
| UEFA Europa League | H | OFI (H) | 2–1 | W | |
| Ligue 1 | H | Auxerre (H) | 4–1 | W | |
| Friendlies Clubs | A | Laval (A) | 0–1 | L | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Lyon (A) | 0–4 | L | |
| UEFA Europa League | A | Sturm Graz (A) | 0–0 | D |
All competitions. Scores are shown with the team in this guide first.
Here is how Rennes have fared at home and on the road in the league this season.
| Venue | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts/game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2.60 |
| Away | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0.75 |
| All | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 1.78 |
League matches only, the same games as the season table.
At 89% of their league games, Rennes' over-2.5 rate is well above the 59% seen across the league.
| Measure | Last 20 | Last 5 | Before that (15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored per game | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| Total goals per game | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| Both teams scored | 70% | 60% | 73% |
| Clean sheets | 20% | 40% | 13% |
| Failed to score | 20% | 20% | 20% |
All competitions. "Last 20" is the team's last 20 finished matches; "Last 5" the latest 5; "Before that (15)" the 15 matches before the last 5. The Ligue 1 average this season is 3.0 goals per match. Across 81 finished Ligue 1 matches this season, 59% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 60%. In Rennes' 9 Ligue 1 matches, 89% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 67%.
E. Lepaul finds the net roughly once every 1.3 games for Rennes: 7 in 9 (all competitions).
In addition, 3 assists make B. Reynolds the main supplier of goals for Rennes (all competitions).
| Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | G+A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Lepaul | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Dia | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| S. Szymański | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| A. Thomasson | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| P. Frankowski | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Nagida | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| B. Reynolds | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
All competitions since 21 August. Ranked by goals, then assists.
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Pos | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | H | Lille (H) | 2nd | LWDDW | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Lorient (A) | 11th | LWWDL | |
| UEFA Europa League | A | NEC Nijmegen (A) | – | – | |
| Ligue 1 | A | Toulouse (A) | 12th | WDWDL | |
| Ligue 1 | H | Stade Brestois 29 (H) | 10th | LWDLW |
Opponent position and form are from the league table.
| Market | Why |
|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | Most recent matches went over 2.5 goals (figures in the goals profile above) |
| Back them at home | Strong points per game at home (home and away table above) |
| Both teams to score: yes | Both sides scored in most recent matches (goals profile above) |
Rules of thumb from recent results, not predictions. Prices are on the bookmaker sites.
Stade Rennais began life on 10 March 1901, set up by a band of former students. On 4 May 1904 it merged with rivals FC Rennais, with the aim of overcoming the domination of the regional league by US Saint-Malo, and Welsh manager Arthur Griffith finally led Rennes past that rival in 1908. The club spent decades moving between the divisions. The best league finish for a long time came in 1948–49, fourth place under Franz Pleyer, and promotion back to Division 1 arrived in 1958. In 1971 Rennes won the Coupe de France by beating Lyon 1–0 in the final, a penalty from André Guy deciding it. On 23 May 1972 the club took its present name, Stade Rennais Football Club. A bleak period followed, with the club close to bankruptcy in 1978 and hovering between the top two divisions until 1994. The turning point came in 1998, when François Pinault bought the club from the municipality and invested in a training centre, finished in 2000. Rennes tied their best finish in 2004–05, and in 2019 they won the Coupe de France by beating Paris Saint-Germain 6–5 on penalties.
Rennes play at the Roazhon Park, a ground that holds 29,778 and opened in 1912. The opening match came on 15 September 1912 against SA du Lycée de Rennes, and the stadium, which is owned by the city, was reworked in 1955, again in 1983 and once more in 1999. The 1983 work took its inspiration from the Olympiastadion in Munich, and after nearly four years of building the finished ground opened its doors on 7 March 1987. Two inauguration matches were staged in 2004, a match between Bosnia and Herzegovina and France that August and a game against Metz two months on. The club trains at the Centre d'entraînement Henri-Guérin, known as La Piverdière, which opened in June 2000. A sizeable, passionate home crowd makes Roazhon Park a tricky place to visit.
