📊 Form Guide

Rennes

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Rennes, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-3 Ligue 1 success over Strasbourg.

In that game, Rennes had 45% possession and 26 attempts at goal with 9 on target. For Rennes, goals were scored by Esteban Lepaul (20'), Breel Embolo (50') and Mousa Al Ta'mari (52'). For their opponents, Strasbourg had 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Rennes have been involved. Opposition teams scored 6 times in these games while Rennes amassed a tally of 14. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Their previous form shows that Rennes:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Nantes in their last 2 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Nantes

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After a loss in their previous game against Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 competition, Nantes and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Nantes had 30% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Paris Saint-Germain got 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (13', 50') and Désiré Doué (37') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

In 5 of the prior 6 clashes featuring Nantes, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game in that spell works out to a mere 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by Les Canaris equalling 0.5.

Coming into this contest, Nantes haven't won against Rennes when they've played them away from home in the last 11 league matches. Very poor away form.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 26/02/2023 shows that Rennes have won 4 of them & Nantes 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 from Rennes and 5 netted by Les Canaris. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league contest between these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 5 on 20/09/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Nantes 2-2 Rennes.

That time, Nantes had 42% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Junior Mwanga (64') and Youssef El-Arabi (96').

At the other end, Rennes got 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Ludovic Blas (29') and Esteban Lepaul (35') scored.

The referee was Mathieu Vernice.

ℹ️ Team News: Rennes

We are thinking that Rennes will probably go for a 4-4-2 system for the game, handing starts to Brice Samba, Alidu Seidu, A. Ait Boudlal, Lilian Brassier, Quentin Merlin, Ludovic Blas, Sebastian Szymanski, Mahdi Camara, Mousa Tamari, Esteban Lepaul and Breel Embolo.

ℹ️ Team News: Nantes

There’s a good chance that Les Canaris seem likely to make use of a 5-3-2 system using Anthony Lopes, Frederic Guilbert, Ali Yousef Musrati, Nicolas Cozza, Mathieu Acapandie, Deiver Machado, Johann Lepenant, Ibrahima Sissoko, Louis Leroux, Mostafa Mohamed and Matthis Abline.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Rennes can get the win and a possible clean sheet when they come up against Nantes, who may well struggle to break down their defence.

Our tip is for a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Rennes come full-time.

Victor Martins, 06:02 26/04/2026