In this week 25 match, on Sun Feb 20th, Rennes hosts Troyes in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 5th placed Rennes is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Paris Saint Germain. Kylian Mbappé struck first for Paris Saint Germain in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Lionel Messi, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Rennes couldn’t muster any offence and Paris Saint Germain ran away with the shutout win. Rennes is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Troyes, recorded a 1-5 loss against Brest. Martín Satriano struck first for Brest in the 7th minute on a feed from Youcef Belaïli, then Martín Satriano added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Franck Honorat. Troyes looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade De L’aube, Troyes and Rennes battled to a 2-2 draw in front of almost nine thousand. Nayef Aguerd scored the first goal for Rennes in the 9th minute, then in the 38th minute, Tristan Dingome sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Adil Rami .
Troyes is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Xavier Chavalerin and Domingues each only have 1 goal in their last five. Both Sehrou Guirassy and Martin Terrier have been the hottest scorers for Rennes in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Flavien Tait, Jonas Martin, Jeremy Doku, Jeremy Gelin, Romain Salin and Chimuanya Ugochukwu are unavailable to play for Bruno Génésio’s team, while Troyes will be without Banhie-Zoukrou.