Saint-Étienne and Rennes are going to face on Sunday the 5th of December at 1:00 pm in the 17th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Saint-etienne at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. The chosen referee is Thomas Léonard.
Saint-Étienne is in the 20th place in the standings with 12 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Brest in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won twice, draw 6 times, and lost 8 times.
Rennes occupies the 3rd place in the table with 28 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Lille in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 37.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Claude Puel is expected to play against Rennes with the following players: E. Green, M. Trauco Saavedra, T. Kolodziejczak, H. Moukoudi, M. Camara, R. Boudebouz, L. Gourna Douath, A. Aouchiche, A. Moueffek, D. Bouanga and W. Khazri.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Saint-Étienne would be 24.73.
Y. Neyou Noupa and R. Hamouma will definitely miss the match.
Rennes
Rennes has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (8 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Bruno Génésio is expected to play against Saint-Étienne with the following players: A. Gomis, A. Truffert, W. Omari, N. Aguerd, H. Traoré, K. Sulemana, J. Martin, B. Santamaría, B. Bourigeaud, M. Terrier and G. Laborde.
If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Rennes would be 25.80.
J. Gelin and F. Tait will definitely miss the match.