On Wed Apr 20th, Strasbourg hosts Rennes in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 5th placed Strasbourg, recorded a 1-1 draw against Troyes. Habib Diallo struck first for Strasbourg in the 56th minute from the penalty spot, then Florian Tardieu tied it up for Troyes in the 85th minute from the penalty spot squeezing out at least the one point for Troyes. Strasbourg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while rennes is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Monaco. Flavien Tait struck first for Rennes in the 3rd minute on a feed from Hamari Traore, then Vanderson de Oliveira Campos tied it up for Monaco in the 12th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 57th minute on a goal by Wissam Ben Yedder. Rennes looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
Strasbourg and Rennes last played eachother at the Roazhon Park on Oct 24th. Rennes was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Nayef Aguerd struck first for Rennes in the 82nd minute on a feed from Lovro Majer, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Strasbourg couldn’t muster any offence and Rennes ran away with the shutout win.
Rennes is fortunate enough to have Martin Terrier in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored six goals. Strasbourg is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Alexander Djiku and Ludovic Ajorque each only have 1 goal in their last five
Julien Stéphan’s Strasbourg squad will be without Adrien Thomasson, Sanjin Prcić, Majeed Waris, Maxime Le Marchand, Ismael Doukoure and Nordin Kandil, while Bruno Génésio’s Rennes squad will be without K. Sulemana, Jeremy Doku, Nayef Aguerd and Alfred Gomis.