Angers will be looking to return to the winning ways this Sunday when they travel to Roazhon Park for a battle against Rennes in the 28th game week of the campaign. Kickoffs at 17:00 EAT.
The home team currently sits 4th with 43 points in the ligue 1 standings. Rennes broke into the top-four in the league table after the back-to-back wins in the previous two Game weeks. Coming into this fixture, they have won each of their last four league games on home soil, scoring 13 times in the process.
Les Rennais gets into this fixture in high spirits coming off 2-4 Ligue 1 win to beat Montpellier in their last outing. In that match, Rennes had 53% possession, 11 shots with nine of them on target anf=d goals scored by Martin Terrier (8′), Benjamin Bourigeaud (15′), Gaëtan Laborde (52′) and Lovro Majer (84′). Montpellier got 12 shots with five of them on target and goals by Ambroise Oyongo (19′) and Elye Wahi (41′).
Angers started in the upper half of the table in the first half of the season, but now it is slipping towards the bottom after 5 consecutive defeats. They are currently placed in the 14th spot with 29 points. However, Angers have been more successful in the recent head to head history with three wins and a loss in the last four encounters with Rennes.
Angers will continue hoping to turns things around after 1-2 Ligue 1 loss to RC Lens in their last encounter. In that match, Angers had 48% possession, 13 shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Angelo Fulgini (49′) and Batista Mendy (73′ Own goal). RC Lens got eight shots with two of them on target and a goal by Jonathan Clauss (76′).
Rennes vs Angers Match Analysis and Prediction
Rennes boasts an excellent record playing against Angers having won 12 times out of the 20 meetings since 2004. There have been two draws and Angers will be going for their fourth win.
- Angers 2-0 Rennes 29/08/21
- Angers 0-3 Rennes 17/04/21
- Angers 2-1 Rennes 11/02/21
- Rennes 1-2 Angers 23/10/20
- Angers 0-1 Rennes 01/08/20
Home
- Montpellier 2-4 Rennes
- Rennes 4-1 Troyes
- PSG 1-0 Rennes
- Rennes 2-0 Brest
- Clermont Foot 2-1 Rennes
Away
- Angers 1-2 Lens
- Nice 1-0 Angers
- Angers 0-1 Strasbourg Alsace
- Marseille 5-2 Angers
- Angers 0-1 Saint-Etienne
Rennes team news
Rennes quartet Flavien Tait, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Loic Bade and Lesley Ugochukwu are all injury doubts and will be assessed before kickoff, while backup goalkeeper Romain Salin is ruled out with a calf problem.
Angers team news
Striker Mohamed Ali Cho is suspended after his red card against Lens, while Jimmy Cabot is set to miss out with an injury.
Prediction and odds
The hosts are in strong form scoring eight goals in their past two games while Angers haven’t been losing heavily, it seems unlikely that their poor run will end here.
- Rennes win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
