Rennes vs Nantes - prediction, team news, lineups

The propulsion for a Champions League berth continues for Rennes, who invited Nantes to Roazhon Park successful Brittany connected Sunday.

After 30 matches, Les Rennais are 5th successful the Ligue 1 table, blanking Strasbourg 3-0 past week, portion Nantes stay successful the relegation portion aft losing by that aforesaid borderline versus Paris Saint-Germain successful midweek.

Match preview

It felt similar it was brewing for a while, and close now, the Rennes absorption squad are feeling beauteous bully astir the coaching alteration they’ve made.

Since the assignment of Franck Haise, this broadside person lone dropped points successful 2 league fixtures, with their lone decision nether the ex-Nice brag coming astatine location to Lille successful mid-March (2-1).

This weekend, they person a accidental to adjacent their longest winning tally of the existent home campaign, claiming 4 consecutive victories connected 2 anterior occasions.

With 4 matches remaining, they are conscionable a azygous constituent beneath Lyon for a spot successful adjacent season's Champions League signifier and a constituent down Lille for a spot successful the qualifying information of that tournament.

If determination has been a flaw successful their crippled lately, it whitethorn beryllium astatine home, wherever they person dropped points successful 2 of their erstwhile 3 home affairs.

Les Rouge et Noirs person won their past 7 meetings with Nantes crossed each competitions, portion going unbeaten successful those erstwhile 12 games against them.

They are putting up a bully fight, but their efforts person seldom been rewarded, arsenic Nantes find themselves successful existent information of dropping into Ligue 2.

Under seasoned manager Vahid Halilhodzic, this squad person points successful 3 of their erstwhile 4 league contests but are winless successful those past 7 outings.

Making it to the playoffs volition beryllium a situation for them arsenic they way Auxerre by 5 points with 4 matches inactive to play.

In their past 4 top-flight affairs, this broadside person recovered the backmost of the nett conscionable once, portion they person been unopen retired successful 4 consecutive Ligue 1 matches distant from home.

Nantes mightiness person to triumph each of their remaining league fixture to past relegation, and that is the lone mode they tin adjacent their points full from a play agone (36).

Les Canaris person yet to bushed a Ligue 1 broadside presently successful the apical five, with their lone constituent against those teams coming astatine location to Rennes past September (2-2).

Rennes Ligue 1 form:

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Team News

Due to a enarthrosis injury, the soon-to-depart Jeremy Jacquet whitethorn miss this lucifer for Rennes, Przemyslaw Frankowski is questionable due to the fact that of a musculus strain, portion Valentin Rongier is eligible to instrumentality from his suspension.

Esteban Lepaul moved into the Ligue 1 pb for goals aft matchday 30 with his 17th of the campaign, portion Breel Embolo and Musa Al-Taamari besides netted successful Alsace.

Over astatine Nantes, Fabien Centonze is retired with a cruciate ligament tear, and Remy Cabella volition beryllium doubtful with a limb injury.

Kelvin Almian mightiness besides beryllium a question people with the defender struggling to retrieve from a groin strain sustained earlier successful the season.

Rennes imaginable starting lineup:

Samba; Seidu, Boudlal, Brassier, Merlin; Blas, Rongier, Camara, Al-Taamari; Embolo, Lepaul

Nantes imaginable starting lineup:

Lopes; Guilbert, Awaziem, Cozza, Machado; Leroux; Tabibou, Sissoko, Lepenant, Abline; Mohamed

We say: Rennes 2-0 Nantes

Nantes person not played arsenic poorly arsenic their caller signifier suggests, but they indispensable beryllium feeling deflated that they person small to amusement for it.

Rennes, connected the different hand, are thriving and person recovered the consistency they struggled to get successful the aboriginal information of the run and we spot they volition support that connected Sunday.

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