In this week 23 match, on Sunday Feb 6th, Rennes will host Brest at Roazhon Park in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Rennes is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Clermont. Baptiste Santamaria struck first for Rennes in the 19th minute, then Lucas Da Cunha tied it up for Clermont in the 60th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 71st minute on a goal by Jordan Tell. Rennes is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Brest, recorded a 0-2 loss against Nantes. Ludovic Blas scored the first goal for Nantes in the 25th minute, then Ludovic Blas added another in the 53rd minute In the end, Brest couldn’t muster any offence and Nantes ran away with the shutout win. Brest is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 15th, Brest hosted Rennes at the Stade Francis-le Ble in their last match together. Brest and Rennes battled to a 1-1 draw. Sehrou Guirassy scored the first goal for Rennes in the 84th minute, then Jérémy Le Douaron got the equalizer for Brest in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Franck Honorat earning Brest a comeback draw.
Brest’s most prolific scorer has been Steve Mounié. The attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Both Sehrou Guirassy and Martin Terrier have been the hottest scorers for Rennes in the last five each having scored 2 goals
Flavien Tait, Jeremy Gelin and Romain Salin are unavailable to play for Rennes, while Michel Der Zakarian’s squad will be without Paul Lasne, Denys Bain and Lucien Agoumé.