Rennes v Monaco Match Preview, 15/04/2022

Match Facts

1. Monaco are the only current Ligue 1 team against whom Rennes have more than a 50% losing record in the top-flight (54.4% - 49/90). SRFC have won just one of their last five L1 games against ASM (D3 L1), after winning four of the previous five (L1).
2. Monaco have won their last three Ligue 1 games against teams ranked in the top three before the beginning of the matchday (3-0 against Paris on 20 March, 1-0 against Marseille on 6 March and 2-1 against Rennes in the first meeting on 22 December), as many as in their previous nine such games (D2 L4).
3. Rennes have won six of their last seven Ligue 1 games (D1), scoring 24 goals in that period (3.4 per game on average). SRFC are the best performing team in L1 over the last 7 matchdays with 19 points, 6 more than any other team.
4. Monaco have won their last three Ligue 1 games, equalling their best run this season set in September-October. We have to go back to last March-April to find when ASM enjoyed a better run (5).
5. Rennes have won 10 of their last 12 Ligue 1 home games (L2), recording a clean sheet in seven of those games and scoring 37 goals in that run.
6. Monaco have won two of their last three away Ligue 1 games (L1), as many as in the previous 10 (D4 L4).
7. Rennes have only been trailing for 359 minutes in Ligue 1 this season, more than 100 minutes fewer than any other team (Marseille 466).
8. Rennes have picked up only one point after conceding the opening goal in Ligue 1 this season, the lowest tally this season. SRFC are one of only two teams, along with Metz (0/18), yet to win a single game after conceding the first goal (0/8), and are the only team to have a 100% home defeat record in such games (0/3).
9. Rennes striker Gaëtan Laborde has not scored in any of his last five Ligue 1 games against Monaco, his longest current drought against a single opponent in the league (also 5 v St Etienne).
10. Caio Henrique has been involved in a goal in each of Monaco's last 2 Ligue 1 games (a goal v Troyes and an assist v Metz), after failing to score or assist in his previous six games. He has never registered a goal involvement in three consecutive games in the top-flight.