We have several games to look forward to in the French Ligue 1 on the 21st of August including the meeting between Stade Rennais and AC Ajaccio.
The match will take place at Roazhon Park and the hosts begin the weekend in 16th place on 1 point while the visitors are one place below them on the same number of points.
[HISTORY KLUB]🔙 𝟏𝟖.𝟎𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗💥 Quelques mois après le succès en Coupe de France, les 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗶𝗿 récidivaient face au PSG en s'imposant 2-1 au Roazhon Park. 💪 pic.twitter.com/ZMEgeJZu03— Stade Rennais F.C. (@staderennais) August 18, 2022
[HISTORY KLUB]🔙 𝟏𝟖.𝟎𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗💥 Quelques mois après le succès en Coupe de France, les 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗶𝗿 récidivaient face au PSG en s'imposant 2-1 au Roazhon Park. 💪 pic.twitter.com/ZMEgeJZu03
Stade Rennais come into the game on the back of a 1-1 draw at Monaco in Ligue 1 last weekend. It was Stade Rennais who opened the scoring in the 59th minute with Monaco down to ten men since the 15th minute of the game.
However, Stade Rennais could not see out the game against the ten men and Monaco equalised in the 72nd minute to take a point.
That result means Stade Rennais have yet to record a victory in Ligue 1 this season following the 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Lorient on the opening weekend of the season. The only goal of the game was scored in the 65th minute.
Including fixtures from last season, Stade Rennais have won only 1 of their last 5 Ligue 1 fixtures. The victory came at home against Marseille and Stade Rennais have won 3 of their 4 most recent home league games. Trends show Stade Rennais have scored 2 or more goals in 9 of their last 10 home Ligue 1 matches.
AC Ajaccio travel to Roazhon Park having been held to a 0-0 draw at home by Lens last weekend in Ligue 1.
The hosts failed to make the breakthrough in-front of their own fans and discipline proved to be a problem as five AC Ajaccio were booked during the match.
That result means AC Ajaccio are still searching for their first win of the season in Ligue 1 having lost 2-1 at Lyon on the opening weekend of the campaign.
Lyon were 2-0 up after only 20 minutes but had their goalkeeper sent off in the 27th minute. AC Ajaccio got a goal back from the penalty spot in the 31st minute but had a player sent off just before half time, which ended any real hope of scoring the equaliser.
Trends show AC Ajaccio have a poor recent away record in Ligue 1 and they have lost each of their last 5 way games. However, they have scored a single goal in 4 of their last 5 on the road.
Team news and Stade Rennais have four players on the treatment table, with Steve Mandanda, Lorenz Assignon, Birger Meling, and Warmed Omari unavailable.
AC Ajaccio have no players suspended or injured for this game, so should be at full strength.
Stade Rennais will be aiming to build on their home form at the end of last season and will see this game as the perfect opportunity to pick up maximum points.
AC Ajaccio should score a goal but their away record has been awful going back into last season, meaning Stade Rennais should win the match.