Rennes-Lyon is a match of the first day of Ligue 1 and is played Sunday at 8:45 pm: statistics, live TV, likely lineups, prediction.
In the Sunday postponement of the first day of Ligue 1 2024-25 two ambitious teams face each other, who want to return to fight for important goals as soon as possible. Rennes confirmed Julien Stephan on the bench despite failing to take the Rossoneri beyond an anonymous 10th place.
It has to be said, however, that the former Strasbourg coach–before his experience in Alsace he coached Rennes for a three-year period, winning Champions League qualification–had taken the team on the run and with a compromised standings situation. Stephan saw a number of players leave during this summer market, including Rieder and Terrier – who ended up at Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, respectively – but especially midfielder Le Fée, who landed at Roma under Daniele De Rossi. On the other hand, two old acquaintances of the Italian league like Hateboer and Ostigard and interesting elements like Gronbaek and Kamara arrived. Pierre Sage’s Lyon also starts again with renewed ambitions: the Gones could not fail to confirm the coach who was able to straighten out a season, last season, that in January saw Lacazette and his teammates floundering in the relegation zone. Under him, Lyon has changed gear, eventually re-entering the European zone and finishing in an unhoped-for fifth place, worth a return to Europe after three years of nothing. Sage in attack can count on the Georgian Mikautadze, one of the surprises of the last European Championships, but he could lose both Lacazette – for him there is a major offer from Saudi Arabia – and the fantasist Cherki, appetite of Newcastle. Both will be absent in the Roazhon Park match.
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The Prediction
In the last championship Rennes and Lyon won one match on each side, on both occasions away (0-1 and 2-3) and the conditions for another balanced match seem to be all there. The Gones, in our opinion, have something more than the Rossoneri and should avoid defeat in a match of at least three goals total.
The probable lineups of Rennes-Lyon
RENNES (4-4-2): Mandanda; Assignon, Ostigard, Wooh, Seidu; Santamaria, Bourigeaud, Kamara, Gronbaek; Blas, Gouiri.
LIONE (4-3-3): Perri; Mata, Niakhate, Caleta-Car, Abner; Matic, Caqueret, Tolisso; Nuamah, Mikautadze, Benrahma.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2