Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
All eyes will be on Roazhon Park when Rennes and Lens square off against each other in a highly-anticipated Ligue 1 game on Sunday evening. Les Rouges et Noirs quickly bounced back from a 5-4 loss to Brest, with the team beating Metz 3-2 in their last league match, but they face yet another must-win situation against les Sang et Or. Both Azor Matusiwa and Martin Terrier are banned for the match, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
Lens, on the other hand, aim to build on a 2-0 win over Lorient. As Franck Haise’s troops will go for a victory in Sunday’s football game as well, we are tempted to put our money on both teams to score. As for the visiting side, defender Massadio Haidara is pushing for a start, while forward Elye Wahi misses out through suspension. All Neil El Aynaoui, Jhoanner Chavez, and Jimmy Cabot are out of contention with injuries for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Angelo Fulgini):
Angelo Fulgini is a French footballer who plays for Angers in Ligue as a midfielder. Fulgini played for the likes of AS de Saint-Paul-en-Foret, FC Vidauban, SC Douai and Valenciennes during his youth career and he continued playing for the Athenians at senior level.
After scoring eight goals in 80 appearances for Valenciennes from 2015 to 2017, he moved to Angers before the start of the 2017/2018 Ligue 1 campaign and he quickly established himself as a first-team regular at Stade Raymond-Kopa. Angelo Fulgini scored his first ever goal for les Scoistes on August 6, 2017 in a 2-2 draw with Bordeaux. Despite being born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on August 20, 1996, the Angers midfielder represents France on the international stage.
Angelo Fulgini has 3 caps for the France U21 team, while making 15 appearances for the U19 team. His main position is central midfield, but he is uses as both right-back and right midfielder as well. His preferred foot is right.
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.