Rennes vs Strasbourg - prediction, team news, lineups

Rennes volition anticipation to stay unbeaten astatine location successful Ligue 1 this play erstwhile they invited Strasbourg to Roazhon Park connected Sunday.

As things stand, the Brittany broadside are sixth successful the array aft a 4-3 nonaccomplishment to Paris FC past weekend, with Strasbourg falling to 14th pursuing their 3-1 decision versus Paris Saint-Germain.

Match preview

After a coagulated commencement to October, winning their archetypal 2 Ligue 1 affairs, Stade Rennais volition participate this play connected a two-match winless tally crossed each competitions.

Franck Haise’s men person conceded a combined six goals successful their past 2 competitory games, squandering a 2-1 pb versus Juventus connected Thursday successful the Europa League successful a lucifer which ended successful a 2-2 draw.

Rennes person dropped points successful 2 of their 3 fixtures successful the League Phase of that tourney but stay successful a presumption to marque the knockout stage, sitting 13th with 5 points.

While they person fixed up aggregate goals successful 4 of their 5 competitory distant matches this season, this squad are connected a four-match winning tally crossed each competitions astatine home, conceding a extremity oregon less successful those past 3 outings.

While the Brittany nine boast the highest goals per lucifer complaint successful Ligue 1 (2.1), they person besides fixed up the second-most goals among teams presently successful the apical fractional of the array (14).

Les Rennais tin widen their apical formation winning tally versus Strasbourg to 4 matches this weekend, going unbeaten successful six consecutive meetings against them astatine Roazhon Park.

As the saying goes, it is not however you commencement but however you finish, a operation Strasbourg tin subordinate to each excessively good implicit the past fewer weeks.

Hugo Oliveira’s men person drawn archetypal humor successful 3 of their past 4 league outings but  failed to triumph each time, dropping 8 points arsenic a result.

That has them lone 3 points supra the automatic relegation enactment heading into this weekend, with those 8 points dropped the quality betwixt 14th and first.

Another decision for them connected Sunday would awesome their longest losing tally successful this contention (four matches) since losing 4 successful a enactment successful 2024-25.

Strasbourg person allowed the second-most goals successful Ligue 1 frankincense acold (15), 10 of which person occurred distant from home.

While they person not beaten Rennes astatine Roazhon Park since 2018 (4-1), Le Racing boast a 100% grounds successful Brittany this year, winning astatine Lorient and Brest a play ago.

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Team News

Last season’s apical goalscorer successful Ligue 1, Esteban Lepaul, could beryllium forced retired of this clash owed to an ankle injury, arsenic helium was sidelined successful their Europa League clash against Juventus this week.

That would beryllium a immense stroke arsenic the apical goalscorer successful the league had a hat-trick successful a losing effort versus Paris FC, portion Musa Al-Taamari and Boulaye Dia netted successful their midweek gully with Juventus.

On the Strasbourg side, Sebastian Nanasi and Ismael Doukoure could beryllium sidelined done injuries, arsenic could Martial Godo with a musculus strain, portion Maxi Oyedele and Deivid Washington person knocks.

Hermann Malonga and Fabio Balde are questionable due to the fact that of injuries arsenic well, portion Giovanni Reyna had the lone extremity for them against PSG past week.

Rennes imaginable starting lineup:

Samba; Frankowski, Ait Boudlal, Cresswell, Reynolds; Cisse, Rongier; Al-Taamari, Camara, Thomasson; Nordin

Strasbourg imaginable starting lineup:

Jorgensen; Antwi, Coulibaly, Mitchell, Oso; Reyna, El Mourabet, Diop; Yassine, Ortega, Amo-Ameyaw

We say: Rennes 1-1 Strasbourg

If Lepaul cannot play which appears much than likely, it is simply a stroke for the location side, but Strasbourg person struggled to adjacent retired games, and due to the fact that of that, we expect a stalemate connected Sunday.

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