Krasnodar vs Rennes UEFA Champions League Match

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Each of Krasnodar’s five previous meetings with French opponents in major European competitions have seen both sides score (W1 D3 L1), including their only such match against Rennes in October (1-1).

This will be Rennes’ first ever away game against Russian opponents in any European competition, while Krasnodar have hosted French sides twice previously, drawing 1-1 with Lille in November 2014 and beating Nice 5-2 in September 2016, both in the UEFA Europa League.

Both FK Krasnodar and Rennes have been eliminated from the group stages of the UEFA Champions League this season, with the winner of this match going into the UEFA Europa League round of 32.

FK Krasnodar (D1 L3) and Rennes (D1 L3) are both winless so far in their maiden UEFA Champions League campaigns. CSKA Moscow (1992-93) and Spartak Moscow (1993-94) are the only Russian sides to remain winless in their first five games in the competition, while Montpellier in 2012-13 are the only French side to do so.

FK Krasnodar have lost both of their UEFA Champions League home games by an aggregate score of 1-6, with four of those six goals conceded coming in the final 15 minutes of games.

Rennes have lost each of their last six away games in major European competition (excluding qualifiers), scoring just twice and conceding 13 times in the process.

Rennes have averaged just 4.5 shots per game away from home in the UEFA Champions League this season, compared to 16.5 per game at home in the competition so far.

Only Barcelona (25) have used more different players in the UEFA Champions League this season than Rennes (24), though the French side have had just one goalscorer in the competition so far.

FK Krasnodar have faced more shots (81) and more shots on target (33) than any other side in the UEFA Champions League so far this season.

Serhou Guirassy has scored both of Rennes’ UEFA Champions League goals so far this season, though the French side are yet to score away from home in the competition.