Week 15 brings us a match on Nov 28th, where Lorient will host Rennes in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Lorient is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Angers SCO. Thomas Mangani struck first for Angers SCO in the 68th minute on a penalty kick, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lorient couldn’t manage to score, and Angers SCO took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while rennes is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Montpellier. Martin Terrier struck first for Rennes in the 8th minute on a feed from Hamari Traore, then Lovro Majer added another in the 28th minute In the end, Montpellier was frustrated by Rennes’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rennes ended the match with the shutout victory. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Rennes should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Rennes won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Martin Terrier has been the most prolific scorer on Rennes in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Lorient is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Armand Lauriente and Julien Laporte each only have 1 goal in their last five
Christophe Pélissier’s Lorient squad will be without Thomas Monconduit, Jérémy Morel, Armand Lauriente, Lemoine, Stéphane Diarra, Julien Laporte, Vincent Le Goff, Jerome Hergault and Moritz Jenz, while Jeremy Gelin is unavailable to play for Bruno Génésio’s team.