Rennes and Troyes will face off on Sunday the 20th of February at 3:00 pm in the 25th week of the Ligue 1. The match will take place in Rennes at the Roazhon Park. The appointed referee is Clément Turpin.

Rennes is in the 7th place in the table with 37 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 11 times, draw 4 times, and lost 9 times.​​

Troyes occupies the 16th position in the standings with 21 points. It comes from a 5-1 loss against Brest in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 5 times, draw 6 times, and lost 13 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Rennes​

Rennes has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 45.83%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (11 times), 4-4-2 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Bruno Génésio is expected to play against Troyes with the following players: D. Alemdar, B. Meling, W. Omari, N. Aguerd, H. Traoré, B. Santamaría, L. Majer, M. Terrier, B. Bourigeaud, S. Guirassy and G. Laborde.

Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Rennes would be 25.82.

R. Salin, L. Badé, J. Gelin, J. Doku, K. Sulemana and F. Tait will definitely miss the match.

Bruno Génésio will not be able to have the presence of J. Martin who is suspended​.

Troyes​

Troyes has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 25.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 5-4-1 (5 times), 3-5-1-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (once), 4-5-1 (once), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).

Bruno Irles is expected to play against Rennes with the following players: G. Gallon, A. Rami, E. Palmer-Brown, Y. Salmier, G. Biancone, M. Baldé, R. N’Guessan, F. Tardieu, L. Mothiba and I. Ugbo.

In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Troyes would be 27.60.

K. Azamoum, L. Ilić, R. Ripart and H. Suk will definitely miss the match.