Rennes vs Angers Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Rennes are unbeaten in their last 10 Ligue 1 games against Angers (W7 D3), since a 0-1 loss in December 1976.
Rennes are unbeaten in their last seven Ligue1 home games against Angers (W6 D1). Rennes are unbeaten in their last 10 Ligue 1 games (W7 D3), thejoint- longest current run in the division, and the longest for the club since August 2008-January 2009 (18).
Rennes have picked up 15 points after seven Ligue 1 games this season, equalling their best tally ever at this stage of the competition after 1950/51. 1962/63. 1970/71 and 2010/11 (counting three points for a win).
Angers have scored and conceded at least one goal in each of their last four Ligue 1 games, but have never done so in five consecutive games since their comeback to the top-flight in 2015/16. Rennes have lost none of their last seven Ligue 1 home games (W5 D2), no team are on a better run (level with Lyon, Monaco and Bordeaux).
Angers have lost their last two Ligue 1 away games (1 -4 at Montpellier and 1-6 at Paris) but have not lost three in a row in a same season since November-December 201 7 (3).
Rennes‘ striker M'Baye Niang has been involved in four goals against Angers In Ligue 1 (3 goals, 1 assist), more than against any other team in the top-flight.
However, he has not played in Ligue1 since August. If he plays, Stéphane Bahoken will enjoy his 100th Ligue1 game (16 with Nice, 26 with Strasbourg, 57 with Angers). He scored in his only previous top-flight game against Rennes with 800, in April 2019.
Ismael Traoré‘s three goals have been worth four points to Angers this season, the highest tally for a defender this term, and the third highest tally overall after Ibrahima Niane for Metz and Ignatius Ganago for Lens (each 7).
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