Week 28 brings us a match on Mar 13th where Olympique Lyonnais will host Rennes in a clash of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 9th placed Olympique Lyonnais, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Porto. Lucas Paquetá struck first for Olympique Lyonnais in the 59th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Porto couldn’t muster any offence and Olympique Lyonnais ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Olympique Lyonnais should be reasonably happy with their performance, while rennes sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Angers SCO. Benjamin Bourigeaud scored the first goal for Rennes in the 33rd minute, then Gaëtan Laborde added another in the 87th minute on a feed from Jeremy Doku In the end, Angers SCO was frustrated by Rennes’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rennes ended the match with the shutout victory. Rennes is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 7th of November, Rennes was victorious by a score of 4 to 1. Gaëtan Laborde struck first for Rennes in the 45th minute, then Hamari Traore added another in the 51st minute.
Gaëtan Laborde has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Rennes. Olympique Lyonnais is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Karl Toko Ekambi and Moussa Dembélé each having 2 goals in their last 5
Tanguy Ndombélé, Léo Dubois, Rayan Cherki, Jason Denayer, Julian Pollersbeck and Sinaly Diomande are unavailable to play for Peter Bosz’s team, while Rennes will be without K. Sulemana, Lovro Majer, Jeremy Gelin, Romain Salin, Ugochukwu and Lorenz Assignon.