In this week 21 match, on Wednesday Feb 1st, Rennes and Strasbourg will play a match in 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 3 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, then Le Bris added another in the 31st minute on a feed from Julien Ponceau. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Rennes should be reasonably happy with their performance, while strasbourg is fresh off their 2-1 win against Olympique Lyonnais. Jean-Eudes Aholou scored the first goal for Strasbourg in the 29th minute, then Habib Diallo added another in the 32nd minute. Strasbourg looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade De La Meinau, Rennes was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Arnaud Muinga struck first for Rennes in the 38th minute on a feed from Adrien Truffert, then Martin Terrier added another in the 49th minute.
Habib Diallo has been the most effective weapon for Strasbourg lately. The Senegalese attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches. Rennes hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Jeremy Doku and Benjamin Bourigeaud, and they each have 1 goal
Bruno Génésio’s Rennes squad will be without Martin Terrier, Xeka, Baptiste Santamaria, Arnaud Muinga and Lorenz Assignon, while Gerzino Nyamsi, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Dimitri Liénard and Eiji Kawashima are unavailable to play for Strasbourg.