Rennes vs Brest Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
The last two games between Rennes and Brest in Ligue 1 have ended with a nil-nil draw. If this game also ends 0-0, it will equal the longest such run against the same opponent for both teams: v Paris between 1986 and 1987 for Brest, v St Etienne between 2014 and 2015 for Rennes.
Rennes are unbeaten in their last six Ligue1 matches against Brest (W2 D4), after losing five of the previous eight (W2 D1).
Rennes have not won any of their last six matches against a Brittany opponent in Ligue 1 (D3 L3), their longest run in the top-flight in the 21 st century.
Rennes are unbeaten in their last five home games against Brest in Ligue1 (W2 D3). after not winning any ofthe first three (D1 L2).
Rennes have not won any of their last three Ligue 1 matches (D2 L1 ), after having won seven of the previous eight (D1). They have not remained winless during four games in a row in the top-flight since September-October 2019 (7).
Brest have lost seven of their last 10 Ligue 1 matches (W3). after going unbeaten in their previous four (W1 D3).
If they lose to Rennes, they will suffer a third consecutive defeat, which would be their worst run in the same season since March-May 2013 (11).
Rennes lost at Roazhon Park against Angers in Ligue 1 last weekend (1 -2) - but have not lost two consecutive matches at home since December 2017-January 2018 (v Paris and Marseille).
Rennes are the team that "outperforms" their Expected Goals total the most, registering the highest differential in Ligue 1 this season (1 6 goals, 11.3 xG - a positive differential of 4.7).
According to this indicator, the SRFC should have scored almost five fewer goals in the French top- flight in 2020/21. Since his arrival in Rennes in 2017/18. Hamari Traoré has made the most touches in the opponent's area in Ligue 1 without scoring a single goal (1 05 touches in the opponent's area).
Rennes are the only team against which the Brest goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur has a 100% save rate in Ligue1 (4 saves 8. 0 goals conceded in 2 games). He has conceded almost seven goals more than he should have according to Expected Goals in the top-flight this season (17 goals conceded excl 06, 10.3 xGoal conceded), the worst differential for a goalkeeper.
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