Week 34 brings us a match on Apr 24th, where Rennes will host Lorient in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. Rennes is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Strasbourg. Habib Diallo struck first for Strasbourg in the 4th minute, then Martin Terrier tied it up for Rennes in the 54th minute. Rennes looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Lorient recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Metz. Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara struck first for Lorient in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Ibrahima Kone, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Metz was frustrated by Lorient’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Lorient ended the match with the shutout victory. Lorient is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Dec 18th, Rennes hosted Lorient in their last match together. Rennes won by a score of 1 to 0. Omari struck first for Rennes in the 21st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Lorient was frustrated by Rennes’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rennes ended the match with the shutout victory.
Lorient’s most prolific scorer has been Terem Moffi. The Nigerian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Martin Terrier has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored six goals for Rennes
K. Sulemana, Jeremy Doku, Nayef Aguerd, Jeremy Gelin and Alfred Gomis are unavailable to play for Bruno Génésio’s team, while Lorient will be without Bonke Innocent, Thomas Monconduit, Enzo Le Fee, Stéphane Diarra and Julien Laporte.