Rennes vs Lens Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics ☑️
Rennes are unbeaten in their last 12 Ligue 1 games against Lens (W7 D5). If they avoid defeat against them here, they will equal their longest streak ever against a top-flight opponent (13 v Metz between December 2003 and December 2017).
Rennes have won seven of their last 10 home Ligue 1 games against Lens in the 21st century (D2 L1) and have never failed to score against them in that run.
Rennes have won only once in their last seven Ligue 1 games (D3 L3), after winning seven of their previous eight (D1).
Lens have won only once in their last five Ligue 1 games (D2 L2), after winning four of their first six this season (D1 L1).
Lens have won two of their five away Ligue 1 games in 2020/21 (D1 L2), already equalling their tally in each of their last two top-flight seasons (2010/11 and 2014/15).
Rennes have kept only one clean sheet in Ligue 1 2020/21 (v St Etienne on 26 September). The Brittany club have never kept so few shutouts in their first 12 top-flight games of a season in the 21st century.
Lens have lost nine points after opening the scoring in Ligue 1 this season, more than any other team. Conversely, no team have won more points after conceding the opener in the top-flight in 2020/21 than Rennes (9, level with Lyon).
Lens concede a goal on average every 2.1 shot on target faced in Ligue 1 this season (18 goals conceded from 37 shots on target), more frequently than any other side so far this term.
Rennes’ Steven Nzonzi is the midfielder with the most forward passes in Ligue 1 this season (245, including 160 in the opposite half).
Arnaud Kalimuendo is the first player to score in his first two Ligue 1 starts for Lens since Stéphane Dalmat in August 1998 and could be the first ever to find the net in his first three starts with les Sang et Or in the top-flight in the last 70 seasons.
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