Angers vs Rennes - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking consecutive Ligue 1 triumphs for conscionable the 2nd clip successful 2026, Angers volition invited Rennes to Stade Raymond Kopa connected Sunday.

Both teams claimed their archetypal league triumphs of the caller run connected matchday two, with Angers beating Auxerre 3-1, and Stade Rennais uncovering a precocious victor against Le Mans (3-2).

Match preview

Unlike what we saw successful their Ligue 1 opener, Angers struck aboriginal and often successful an awesome triumph past Saturday implicit Auxerre.

It was the archetypal triumph domestically for Stephane Gilli arsenic their coach, and connected Sunday helium tin triumph his archetypal Ligue 1 matter arsenic a manager astatine location since guiding Paris FC to a 2-1 triumph implicit Nantes connected matchday 18 past season.

Meanwhile Angers volition question to extremity a seven-match winless tally astatine location successful this competition, netting a extremity oregon less successful each of those instances.

Although they person struggled to gain maximum points astatine location of late, Les Scoistes person lone gone pointless successful 2 of their past 5 league outings astatine Stade Raymond Kopa.

Early into this season, we person seen them bash astir of their harm successful dead-ball situations, presently 2nd successful the contention erstwhile it comes to set-piece goals with two.

Angers volition effort to debar suffering successive defeats astatine location domestically for the 2nd clip successful 2026, aft losing 2 successful a enactment connected location ungraded from February to March of past season.

Right until the bitter end, Rennes were pushing for a extremity connected matchday 2 and, to their credit, they recovered a victor successful the sixth infinitesimal of stoppage time.

As a result, they person a accidental this play to gain points successful their opening 3 matches of a Ligue 1 play for the archetypal clip since 2023-24 (seven).

Franck Haise’s men tin besides extremity a two-match losing tally distant from location successful this competition, conceding 3 oregon much goals successful their last 2 league games arsenic the visitors past season.

Heading into this weekend, Rennes are 1 of six sides successful the French apical formation that person yet to suffer a match, portion averaging the second-highest goals per lucifer ratio truthful acold (2.5).

It is undeniable however potent they are successful the attacking third, though they person not ever been capable to enactment a crippled to bed, missing the third-most large chances successful the contention aft 2 matchdays (seven).

They person squandered a 2-0 pb successful each of their league outings this season, portion dropping points successful 2 of their past 4 matches domestically erstwhile scoring first.

Les Rouge et Noirs are unbeaten successful their past 7 apical formation outings versus Angers, earning 2 victories astatine Stade Raymond Kopa implicit that stretch.

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Team News

A limb wounded could support Haris Belkebla connected the Angers sidelines connected Sunday, and Louis Mouton remains doubtful arsenic helium recovers from a meniscus issue.

Branco van den Boomen netted his archetypal extremity for his caller squad connected matchday two, arsenic did Amine El Ouazzani, with their different onslaught coming courtesy of Harouna Djibirin.

Rennes’ first-choice goalkeeper Brice Samba is dealing with a muscular problem, with Nicolas Lemaitre expected to instrumentality his spot betwixt the sticks connected matchday three.

Esteban Lepaul, the apical goalscorer successful Ligue 1 past season, is up to 3 successful 2026-27, netting a brace the past clip out, with Valentin Roniger besides scoring against Le Mans.

Angers imaginable starting lineup:

Lopes; Arcus, Camara, Lefort, Kalulu; Belkhdim, Van Den Boomen; Allevinah, Bermont, Sbai; El Ouazzani

Rennes imaginable starting lineup:

Lemaitre; Frankowski, Ait Boudlal, Cresswell, Merlin; Rongier; Szymanski, Thomasson; Al-Taamari, Lepaul, Soumare

We say: Angers 1-2 Rennes

Angers are beauteous bully astatine keeping matches adjacent astatine home, but fixed the signifier Lepaul's been in, it is hard to ideate their backline tin dilatory him down, and we expect helium volition marque the quality yet again.

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