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The French cup competition Coupe de France is in a very early phase. 64 teams are still in the running in the only French Cup in 2021. Among other things, Angers would like to qualify for the next round in a duel with Stade Rennes. It is the first appearance for the teams, as both of them enjoyed byes in the previous rounds as first division clubs.
In the league, both teams establish themselves in the secured midfield. The guests who competed in the UEFA Champions League this year are currently on course for the Europa League. The top four of the league from Lille, Lyon, Paris and Monaco are clearly ahead of the rest of the field. The chasing field that has been beaten off is led by the black and reds from Brittany.
The SCO has already been eliminated from the competition three times against the three-time cup winner. A series that is slated to end this week. Angers showed that the home side can win against the black and red in the first leg of the league when the team of head coach Stephane Moulin was victorious.
Angers :
Since the promotion in 2015, the team of head coach Stephane Moulin has managed to stay away from the table cellar. Five times in a row the West French reached a secured midfield. This seems to be possible again this season.
After 24 completed games, the black and whites have 34 points on the credit side. Ten wins and four draws have been made so far. In the table of the French Ligue 1, this currently means eighth place. With a fifteen point lead on the relegation place, you can calmly cast your gaze towards international places. The gap to fifth is four points.
But the SCO is currently in a performance low. From the last six games, only a three-point was brought against the bottom of the table from Nimes. Otherwise they lost at Monaco (0: 3), in Bordeaux (1: 2), against PSG (0: 1) and last weekend in a clear 0: 3 in Nice.
The offensive missed the necessary penetration with only 29 hits. The best scorer in their ranks is the Cameroonian Stephane Bahoken, who has so far defeated the opposing goalkeeper five times. We also see a lot of room for improvement on the defensive. The 37 goals conceded are the worst number in the upper half of the table.
Rennes :
Stade Rennes qualified third in the table for the UEFA Champions League last season. If in the group with Chelsea, Sevilla and Krasnodar only the last place was occupied, then the participation was already a great success for the team of head coach Julien Stephan.
This season the men from Brittany are fighting for participation in the Europa League. From the previous 23 games, the Red-Blacks got 38 points. This puts the three-time cup winner in fifth place. The gap to the top teams has already increased to a double-digit number of points, so that it is only a matter of defending this fifth place, which is enough for the EL qualification.
The showpiece of the West French this season is the defense. With only 24 goals against, there are only four teams in Ligue 1 that conceded fewer goals than Stade. The offensive has started 31 times so far. Three Rennes players managed to immortalize themselves in the current top scorer list with four goals scored.
Stephan-Elf has only suffered one defeat in the last ten league games. Against the leaders from Lille there was a 0: 1 after 90 minutes. Otherwise, nineteen points were taken from the remaining nine games.
For three games, however, the Red-Blacks have been waiting for a triple point win. The away balance of the guests is impressive. None of the last five games on the opponent’s place were lost.
Angers vs Rennes head to head matches
23.10.20 L1 Rennes Angers 1 : 2
01.08.20 CF Rennes Angers 1 : 0
28.01.20 CDF Angers Rennes 4 : 5 (3 : 3)
07.12.19 L1 Rennes Angers 2 : 1
06.04.19 L1 Angers Rennes 3 : 3