Guingamp welcome the visitors Rennes in the French Ligue 1 – Round 18. The match will be held on Wednesday, January 16th, at the Stade du Roudourou (Guingamp).
One week ago, Guingamp actually made headlines in the French football life. Losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the cup fixture till the 83rd minute, yet in Paris, they first leveled the score, and then made the winning goal in the extra-time, thus knocking out the champion from the tournament. Still, not featuring much belief in their success, 3 days later, they conceded in the cup encounter against Saint-Etienne, 0:1.
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The visiting Rennes were knocked out by the second-last Monaco – running 1:0 ahead along the match, they failed to keep their advantage. It all ended in penalties. The series turned really long. The last 11th (!) penalty they allowed to Monaco’s keeper. That said, in only 3 days afterwards, they were victorious over Nantes in the league encounter.
Despite Guingamp’s cup miracle, that was rather a ray of light in their dark league’s future so far. The team sit rock-bottom in the standings. Even after their great cup success, they lost in the Ligue match, suffering the 12th loss in 19 rounds. The team will face a challenge from the solid Rennes who moved to the 7th place already after 4 consecutive wins. In case of the guests’ win on Wednesday, they will instantly jump to the 5th line, so, they are quite motivated to play their best. Rennes make goals to every opponent – they boast a tally of 28 goals, only 5 league’s contenders count more; compare, for example, Guingamp who lost yet 35 goals. In this campaign, Rennes failed to score only once, in the match against Reims. They found the net in all 10 outings, in a half of them, they scored over 1 goal. Guingamp allowed in 8 of 9 home encounters, in 5 meetings, they missed more than once. The team will most likely miss on Wednesday again. Given their visitors’ strength and their own bad defense, Guingamp may expect to allow a few goals tomorrow.
Prediction for the match: Rennes to score over 1.0 goals.
