Rennes face tough task against Toulouse

Rennes and Toulouse face off this Saturday at the Roazhon Park in an intriguing match in the Ligue 1. Currently, Julien Stéphan's team are 9th in the table with 39 points, while Carles Martínez's team are 11th with 33 points. The match will be broadcast live at 15:00 on beIN SPORTS en Espanol.

Rennes go into the game on the back of a 1-0 defeat against Monaco (Ligue 1 2023/24), whilst the visitors shared the spoils with Strasbourg after a 0-0 draw (Ligue 1 2023/24). Digging back into the archives highlights that Julien Stéphan's team and Toulouse have faced each other eighty-six times, with Rennes holding the advantage: 38 victories, against 27 victories of Carles Martínez's team. Specifically in the Roazhon Park, Julien Stéphan's team has the advantage in the duels against Toulouse: 28 wins in 43 games, while Carles Martínez's team has 6 wins.

In the Ligue 1, eighty-three games were played between the two teams, with 37 wins for Rennes, 20 draws and 26 wins for Toulouse.

Considering the Ligue 1 Uber Eats 23/24, from Rennes's most influential players, Steve Mandanda is the most used player in a total of 28 games (2520 min). Benjamin Bourigeaud is the current best scorer with 7 goals. As for Toulouse, Rasmus Nicolaisen participated in 28 games, and Guillaume Restes is the one with more minutes played (2520). Thijs Dallinga has scored 11 goals, the most across Toulouse's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with a draw, 0-0. Rennes will have to work hard if they want to overcome this major hurdle.