Monaco and Rennes will face on Wednesday the 22nd of December at 9:00 pm in the 19th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Monaco at the Stade Louis II.. The encounter will be officiated by Ruddy Buquet.
Monaco sits in the 8th place in the standings with 26 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 7 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 times.
Rennes occupies the 3rd place in the table with 31 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Nice in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Monaco
Monaco has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2 (7 times or 38.89% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-4-2 (7 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Niko Kovač is expected to play against Rennes with the following players: A. Nübel, C. Oliveira Silva, G. Maripán Loaysa, A. Disasi, D. Sidibé, A. Tchouaméni, Y. Fofana, G. Batalha Martins, S. Diop, A. Golovin and W. Ben Yedder.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Monaco would be 24.91.
R. Aguilar, B. Badiashile Mukinayi, K. Diatta and F. Fàbregas i Soler will definitely miss the match.
Rennes
Rennes has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 44.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (8 times), 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Bruno Génésio is expected to play against Monaco with the following players: A. Gomis, A. Truffert, W. Omari, N. Aguerd, H. Traoré, J. Martin, B. Santamaría, L. Majer, K. Sulemana, B. Bourigeaud and G. Laborde.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Rennes would be 25.70.
J. Gelin, B. Meling, F. Tait, M. Terrier and J. Doku will definitely miss the match.