In this week 11 match, on Sun Oct 16th, Rennes plays host to Olympique Lyonnais in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Rennes is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Nantes. Amine Gouiri struck first for Rennes in the 26th minute, then Martin Terrier added another in the 80th minute In the end, Nantes couldn’t muster any offence and Rennes ran away with the shutout win. Rennes should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while olympique Lyonnais is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Toulouse. Mateus Martins scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 2nd minute, but Rafael Ratão got the equalizer for Toulouse in the 67th minute earning Toulouse at least a draw. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Rennes won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Olympique Lyonnais is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Alexandre Lacazette and Karl Toko Ekambi each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Rennes is glad to have Martin Terrier in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals
Rennes will be without K. Sulemana, Hamari Traore, Jeremy Doku, Xeka, Baptiste Santamaria and Warmed Omari, while Peter Bosz’s squad will be without Moussa Dembélé, Corentin Tolisso, Julian Pollersbeck, Romain Faivre, Malo Gusto and Castello Lukeba.