Lille vs Rennes Ligue 1 Match

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⚽ This will be the fifth time that Lille and Rennes have faced each other on the opening matchday of a Ligue 1 season in the 21st century, more often than any other fixture. 

⚽ Lille are unbeaten in these games (w3 D1). Lille have won six of their last seven games in Ligue 1 (L1), after losing their previous three. Rennes have won their last three games in Ligue 1 (against Nîmes, 

⚽ Toulouse and Montpellier), scoring nine goals and conceding only once. Rennes had their highest ever Ligue 1 finish last season (3rd). Prior to this, they were the team with the most seasons played in Ligue 1 without finishing in the top three (62). 

⚽ Lille have lost two games at home in Ligue 1 in 2020 (w3), already more than in 2019 (W15 D3 L1). Lille have conceded only six goals in Ligue 1 in 2020, fewer than any other team. 

⚽ Lille scored 35 goals from a tally of 40.56 xGin Ligue 1 last season, meaning they "should" have scored 5 to 6 more goals. It was the largest negative differential for a team currently in the top-flight. 

⚽ The joint-top scorer in the Jupiler Pro League last season with 18 goals (level with Dieumerci Mbokani), new Lille forward Jonathan David scored 30 goals in 60 games in the Belgian top-flight (0.5  per game), a better ratio than his predecessor in the North of France, Victor Osimhen (0.48 12 goals in 25 games). 

⚽ Martin Terrier, a new Rennes player, played his first game in Ligue 1 with Lille. He played 11 games in the top-flight with the Dogues, sooring one goal. 

⚽ Christophe Galtier has faced Rennes 20 times in Ligue 1, his results against them being perfectly balanced (W5 D10 L5). He has only faced Marseille (21) as a manager more often than Rennes in the top-flight (20).