Saint-Etienne vs. Stade Rennes 9/26/20 - Ligue 1 Picks & Predictions

A showdown in Ligue 1 between two top of the table clubs takes place on Saturday when early leaders Saint-Etienne host second place Stade Rennes.  Saint Etienne is coming off a 2-2 draw in its last outing against Nantes and is top of the table in the top-flight French league at 3-1-0 on 10 points. Saint-Etienne gave up too late strikes to Nantes otherwise the club would have been a perfect 4-0-0 without allowing a single goal.

Over its last five matches played, Sainte-Etienne has three wins, one draw and one loss. During that span of five fixtures, Saint Etienne has scored eight goals and allowed three. The back line and goalkeepers have three clean sheets in the last five matches played. Romain Hamouma is the leading goal scorer for Saint-Etienne with three and Arnaud Nordin is the leader in assists with three.

Rennes will be playing their second match in as many weeks against a club from the top of the Ligue 1 table. Last Saturday Stade Rennes earned a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Monaco scoring both goals over the final 10 minutes of the match after trailing 1-0 since mid way through the first half. Steven N’Zonzi scored an equalizer in the 81st minute and Adrien Truffert scored the winner in stoppage time in the 91st minute.

Stade Rennes has four wins and one draw in its last five matches played and has scored 14 goals and allowed five over that period of play. The leading goal scorer for Rennes is Sehrou Guirassy with two, while six other teammates have scored one goal each. Eight players for Rennes have one assist apiece for Rennes in a balanced attack in the offensive third.