On Sat Feb 4th, Rennes will host Lille at Roazhon Park in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 5th placed Rennes, recorded a 1-2 loss against Lorient. Montassar Talbi struck first for Lorient in the 13th minute on a feed from Enzo Le Fee, then Theo Le Bris added another in the 31st minute. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Rennes should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 7th placed Lille, recorded a 0-1 loss against Nice. Gaëtan Laborde scored the first goal for Nice in the 34th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Lille couldn’t muster any offence and Nice ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Lille should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on the 6th of November, Lille and Rennes battled to a 1-1 draw in front of almost 36000. José Fonte struck first for Lille in the 16th minute, but Benjamin Bourigeaud got the equalizer for Rennes in the 58th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Rennes.
Both Jonathan David and Mohamed Bayo have been the hottest scorers for Lille in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Jeremy Doku and Benjamin Bourigeaud are the top scorers for Rennes in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Jonas Martin, Martin Terrier, Xeka, Arnaud Muinga and Lorenz Assignon are unavailable to play for Bruno Génésio’s team, while Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca’s Lille squad will be without Jonathan David, Ismaily, André Gomes, Jonathan Bamba, Benjamin André and Adam Ounas.