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Rennes vs PSG match preview
Rennes manager Habib Beye had sympathy for Paris St-Germain after Luis Enrique’s team dominanted almost throughout but lost 1-0 at home to Liverpool in their Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday.
“Football is sometimes cruel, because PSG’s performance was accomplished,” said Beye, who has won four of his five matches since taking charge on January 30 and now pits his side against the visiting Ligue 1 leaders on Saturday.
“We’ll be in difficulty and we’re also working to put them in difficulty. We’re not going to play the victim; we know what a team PSG are and, from there, we either capitulate or we [compete] with our heads held high and ambitions, the will to stand up.
“We worked on using the ball knowing that we’ll have less of it, on the aspect of having to [deal with] one-on-ones. It’s not a bonus match, it’s not [a case of] ‘we have nothing to lose’.
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“There will be 95 minutes of a challenge that will be imposed on us – a big, super exciting challenge, it’s a match in our journey that we have to win, we have to give ourselves the means to do it, with personality, players who believe in themselves.”
With the return game at Liverpool on Tuesday (8pm GMT), Luis Enrique has inevitably faced questions about how focused PSG can be.
“Rennes is always a difficult stadium,” he said. “I have no doubt that it is a good stimulus for them to beat us. There is no easy match when you wear the PSG jersey.”
While PSG are unbeaten in the league and 13 points clear at the summit, 11th-placed Rennes are 10 points from the top six and nine above the relegation zone with 10 matches remaining.
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Rennes vs Paris Saint-Germain team news
Midfielder Djaoui Cisse has made all five of his starts for Rennes this season in their last five league games and scored in their 4-0 win at Montpellier last Sunday, but the 21-year-old is suspended for accumulated bookings.
Defender Alidu Seidu is out with a knee injury and Colombia winger Carlos Andres Gomez, who has made two starts and 13 brief substitute appearances in all competitions, is a doubt with an ankle problem.
Predicting PSG’s starting line-up is tricky, with rotation almost certainly on the cards. “The most important thing for me is not to give any clues to the Rennes coach,” said Luis Enrique.
The likes of top scorers Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola could be rested, while Warren Zaïre-Emery returned from injury as a substitute against Liverpool.
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Rennes vs Paris St-Germain stats
- In 22 of the last 24 Rennes home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 16 of the last 18 Rennes home matches in the Ligue 1, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Rennes matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Rennes home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 3 Rennes home matches in the Ligue 1, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Paris Saint-Germain have won 13 of the last 15 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Paris Saint-Germain have won 11 of the last 12 away matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Paris Saint-Germain have won 8 of the last 10 matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- Paris Saint-Germain have won the last 4 matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 4.5
- Paris Saint-Germain have won 10 of the last 12 away matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
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Rennes vs Paris Saint-Germain prediction
With a collapse required to spurn the league title and the most important match of their season so far arriving three days later, PSG could be forgiven for not going full-throttle against dangerous opponents.
The absence of Cisse reduces Rennes’ chances of becoming the first Ligue 1 team to beat Paris in 2024/25, but a 1-1 draw looks feasible to continue their impressive run.
