
Rennes and Arsenal face at Roazhon Park, in a match for this stage of the UEFA Europa League (8th Finals). These two teams have never met before, so this will be the first head‑to‑head between them. In this match the home advantage may play an important role, since Arsenal presents significant differences between home and away performances.
The home team comes to this stage of the UEFA Europa League (8th Finals) after a away win by (1‑3) and a home draw by (3‑3) against Real Betis. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in away matches; against 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. They come to this match after a home win against Orléans by (2‑0). Rennes registers 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 4 home matches for the UEFA Europa League.
In this competition, they haven’t lost any of the last 4 matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 6 of the last 8 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, as 25 of the last 28 have ended with Over 1,5 goals.
Rennes comes to this match with a home triumph, by 2-0, over Orléans, in a match for the French Cup. In the last match for the Europa League, the French eliminated Real Betis. In this difficult game against Arsenal, coach Julien Stéphan must enter the field with a more cautious strategy, exploring only counterattacks: M'Baye Niang is a very competent player in the offensive transition. On the other hand, Ismaila Sarr is the best Rennes scorer in official competitions, with 9 goals scored. For this game the coach cannot count on Baal, Guitane, Danze and Siebatcheu, all due to injury.
The away team comes to this stage of the UEFA Europa League (8th Finals) after a home win by (3‑0) and a away loss by (1‑0) against BATE. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 26 goals scored and 22 conceded; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 30 goals scored and 13 conceded. In their last match, for the Premier League, they got an away tie against Tottenham Hotspur by (1‑1). In the last 4 UEFA Europa League away matches Arsenal has a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. Defensive consistency has been one of their best features, as they have only conceded goals in 2 of the last 8 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition. In their away mathes there is a tendency for goals, since 19 of the last 28 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 6 of the last 8 matches for the UEFA Europa League, they have reached half‑time in front in 5 of those 6 matches and have always held on to the lead until the end of the 90'. In the last 20 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 11 of their 29 goals between minutes (31'‑45').
Arsenal comes to this match with a draw, by 1-1, in the displacement to Tottenham's field: the only goal of the team was scored by Aaron Ramsey. In the last match for the Europa League, the English eliminated BATE. In this game against Rennes, Coach Unai Emery will privilege ball possession and positional attacks: Aaron Ramsey will be the team's master, being responsible for organizing and creating the offensive process. On the other hand, Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the best Arsenal scorer in official competitions, with 19 goals scored. For this game the visiting coach cannot count on Lacazette, suspended, in addition to Bellerín, Holding and Welbeck, all with physical problems.
Arsenal @2.00
Arsenal +0 HT @1.53
Boths teams to score? Yes @1.82