Rennes and Metz are going to play on Sunday the 20th of March at 3:00 pm in the 29th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Rennes at the Roazhon Park. The appointed referee is Willy Delajod.
Rennes sits in the 4th place in the table with 49 points. It comes from a 2-4 win against Olympique Lyonnais in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 15 times, draw 4 times, and lost 9 times.
Rennes won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 11th of February against Paris Saint Germain and the score was 1-0.
Metz occupies the 19th place in the league with 23 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Lens in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 4 times, draw 11 times, and lost 13 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Rennes
Rennes has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 46.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (13 times), 4-3-3 (12 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Bruno Génésio is expected to play against Metz with the following players: D. Alemdar, A. Truffert, N. Aguerd, W. Omari, H. Traoré, J. Martin, B. Santamaría, L. Majer, M. Terrier, B. Bourigeaud and G. Laborde.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Rennes would be 25.73.
A. Gomis, R. Salin, L. Badé, J. Gelin, K. Sulemana and J. Doku will definitely miss the match.
Metz
Metz has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 21.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 5-4-1 (4 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Frédéric Antonetti is expected to play against Rennes with the following players: M. Caillard, F. Candé, J. de Jesus Nascimento, D. Bronn, B. Kouyate, S. Niakate, N. de Roussel de Préville, P. Sarr, K. N’Doram, F. Boulaya and L. Mafouta.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Metz would be 26.45.
Frédéric Antonetti will probably not be able to employ T. Delaine because of injury.
M. Cabit, J. Kana-Biyik, M. Udol, F. Centonze, D. Maïga and B. Traore will definitely miss the match.
Frédéric Antonetti will not be able to have the presence of V. Pajot who is suspended.