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Latest Rennes vs Nantes team information

Rennes will be without key players Ludovic Blas and Alidu Seidu due to injury. However, thanks to a strong winter transfer window, they now have enough depth to rotate effectively.

Despite the arrival of several new players, Arnaud Kalimuendo has retained his starting place and has been impressive. He has scored three goals and provided three assists in three games since returning from the France U21 training camp, where he also scored twice against Slovakia.

For Nantes, Jean-Charles Castelletto will return after a suspension that saw him miss the games against Le Havre and Nice. However, they will be without key midfielders Francis Coquelin and Pedro Chirivella through injury, while first-choice goalkeeper Alban Lafont and defender Fabien Centonze remain sidelined.

The star of the away team is Moses Simon, who has had a hand in the last 3 goals. He was also the one who scored the decisive goal in the first leg at the end of 2024.

Latest expected lineup Rennes vs Nantes

Rennes:
Samba; Jacquet, Rouault, Brassier; Assignon, Cisse, Matusiwa, Truffert; Kalimuendo, Tamari, Fofana

Nantes:
Lopes; Amian, Castelletto, Pallois, Cozza; Lepenant, Douglas Augusto, Leroux; Abline, Mohamed, Simon

Latest football commentary on Rennes vs Nantes

Rennes produced their most impressive performance of the season when they thrashed Le Havre 5-1 last weekend, a win that not only moved them eight points clear of the relegation zone but also gave them hope of finishing in the top half of the table.

Having beaten Saint-Etienne 5-0 in November, the win over Le Havre was all the more significant as it was away from home and in front of a full 11-man squad. Rennes were 3-0 up after just 15 minutes, a dominating start.

Since Habib Beye took over and the club spent heavily at the end of the January transfer window, Rennes have won six of their 10 games. They are now just seven points behind 10th-placed Lens with five games remaining, whereas not long ago Rennes were still worried about relegation.

Rennes are currently 11th, and they have not finished outside the top 10 in the last 11 years. This is the motivation for the whole team to try to avoid a sad milestone in the club's history.

However, the road ahead will be very difficult when Rennes still have to face Lyon, Nice and Marseille. Therefore, welcoming Nantes at Roazhon Park becomes especially important - where Rennes has won all 6 recent times when hosting this opponent.

Nantes' last away win at Rennes came in 2013, but they beat Rennes in the first leg in December, when the Reds were still in crisis under coach Jorge Sampaoli.

Nantes, on the other hand, have not played in two weeks as their match against PSG was postponed so the capital club could focus on the Champions League. Nantes had initially hoped PSG would field a reserve team, but the match has been postponed to next Tuesday and PSG are now back to domestic action.

The worrying thing for Nantes is that the two teams below them – Reims and Angers – both won last weekend, reducing the gap. However, Rennes indirectly helped Nantes by beating Le Havre – who are still in the relegation play-off position, three points behind Nantes.

In theory, Nantes' remaining schedule is quite light when, in addition to the match against PSG, they will face teams in the bottom half of the rankings, including Montpellier - the last team - in the final round.

Nantes surprised Nice away on Friday night, and coach Antoine Kombouare will be hoping his side can continue to surprise as underdogs. A win would temporarily open up a six-point gap over the relegation zone.

Latest Rennes vs Nantes score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Rennes vs Nantesas follows:

• Sportsmole:Rennes 2-0 Nantes

• WhoScore:Rennes 1-0 Nantes
• Our newspaper predicts:Rennes 2-0 Nantes

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