Reims and Rennes will play on Saturday the 9th of April at 5:00 pm in the 31st week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Reims at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II. The chosen referee is Romain Lissorgue.
Reims occupies the 13th position in the standings with 36 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Troyes in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 12 times, and lost 10 times.
Rennes is in the 3rd place in the standings with 53 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Nice in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 16 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Reims
Reims has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 20.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-5-1-1 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once), 5-4-1 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Óscar García Junyent is expected to play against Rennes with the following players: P. Rajković, Y. Abdelhamid, M. Busi, W. Faes, T. Foket, G. Konan, M. Munetsi, D. Lopy, A. Flips, M. van Bergen and F. Hornby.
If this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Reims would be 25.27.
Óscar García Junyent will probably not be able to employ A. Gravillon, E. Toure and A. Zeneli because of injury.
H. Ekitike will definitely miss the match.
Óscar García Junyent will not be able to have the presence of A. Matusiwa who is suspended.
Rennes
Rennes has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 46.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (14 times), 4-4-2 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Bruno Génésio is expected to play against Reims with the following players: D. Alemdar, A. Truffert, W. Omari, N. Aguerd, H. Traoré, B. Santamaría, F. Tait, L. Majer, M. Terrier, B. Bourigeaud and G. Laborde.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Rennes would be 25.45.
A. Gomis, L. Badé, J. Gelin, K. Sulemana and J. Doku will definitely miss the match.