On Mar 20th, Rennes will host Metz in a clash 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 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 4th placed Rennes, recorded a 4-2 win against Olympique Lyonnais. Benjamin Bourigeaud struck first for Rennes in the 11th minute on a feed from Gaëtan Laborde, then Baptiste Santamaria added another in the 13th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Rennes should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 19th placed Metz, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Lens. Neither Metz nor Lens could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Metz looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Stade Saint-symphorien, Rennes won by a score of 3 to 0. Gaëtan Laborde struck first for Rennes in the 24th minute on a feed from Hamari Traore, then K. Sulemana added another in the 37th minute In the end, Metz 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 lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Gaëtan Laborde and Martin Terrier each having 3 goals in their last 5
Bruno Génésio’s Rennes squad will be without K. Sulemana, Lovro Majer, Jeremy Gelin, Romain Salin, Ugochukwu and Lorenz Assignon, while Frédéric Antonetti’s squad will be without Vincent Pajot, Manuel Cabit and Matthieu Udol.