Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Sparkles will be flying when Lille and Rennes lock horns at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in an eagerly-awaited Ligue 1 game. Les Dogues aim to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over Reims and a triumph over Rennes will see them stay in the Champions League berth. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Jonathan David, who sealed the victory at the weekend, while all Adam Ounas, Tiago Morais, Rafael Fernandes, Remy Cabella, Andrej Ilic, Samuel Umtiti, and Ivan Cavaleiro remain in the recovery room.
Les Rouges et Noirs, on the other hand, have won three of their last four away games, but given their under-par display in a 2-1 loss to Rennes, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the home team. As for the away team, Desier Doue is sidelined through suspension, while fellow midfielders Enzo Le Fee and Fabian Rieder remain in the recovery room.
Highlighted Player (Benjamin André):
Benjamin Andre is a French footballer, who began his career at Stade Raphaelois youth team. At the age of 16 Andre moved to Ajaccio and he played for the first team from 2008 to 2014. The right-footed midfielder scored 12 goals in 187 appearances in the league for the Corsican team and in the summer of 2014 he moved to fellow French club Rennes.
Andre scored his first goal for les Rouges et Noirs on January 25, 2015, in a 4-1 defeat to Caen. The French player made provided three assists for his teammates in 36 appearances for Rennes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and the club chiefs decided to extend his contract in June, 2017. His deal with the Roazhon Park outfit should expire on June 30, 2022.
Benjamin Andre, who was born in Nice on August 3, 1990, has seven caps for France U21 team. The Rennes footballer plays as a central midfielder, but he is often used as both left and right midfielder.
Highlighted Team (Rennes):
Stade Rennais Football Club or simply Rennes is a French football club which was founded on March 10, 1901. The club is one of the founding members of the French Ligue 1 and they are nicknamed Les Rouges et Noirs. Roazhon Park is the club’s home ground and the venue can hold 29.778 people. Rennes have yet to win the Ligue 1 trophy, but they won Coupe de France title on two occasions (1964/1965, 1970/1971). Speaking of Coupe de la Ligue, les Rouges et Noirs made it to the final of the competition in the 2012/2013 season, but they were beaten by Saint Etienne (1-0) in the title game at Stade de France.
A number of top-class footballers played for Stade Rennais Football Club in the past and the likes of Sylvain Wiltord, Yoann Gourcuff, Yann M’Vila, Moussa Sow and Jimmy Briand are considered the club’s most notable players. Rennes footballers wear black and red jerseys when playing at home, while they wear white when playing on the travels.