Roazhon Park is hosting a midweek duel of teams that have lost their place in the European Cups this Sunday evening, for the closing match of the eighth day of Ligue 1. Indeed, Paris Saint- Germain, soundly beaten in the Champions League at Newcastle (1-4), will travel to the pitch at Stade Rennais, where the Rouge-et-Noir lost by the smallest of margins against Villarreal (0-1) . The capital club will want to endure the two known affronts against the Breton team, winners of their two direct confrontations last year in the championship. Worse still, PSG have only won once in their last five outings against SRFC.
Under fire from criticism after his complicated performance in England, French international striker Kylian Mbappé will have the opportunity to regain his level and maintain his consistency in official competition (8 goals in 8 matches). As for his friend, Ousmane Dembélé – who faces his training club -, the opportunity will be to finally prove decisive in the red and blue jersey, he who has still not scored at the start of the season (1 die pass. against OM). It will therefore be necessary to force a very solid Rennes lock at home, since the Rouge-et-Noir have not lost on their home field for seven months (7 wins, 2 draws), but still have to resolve some defensive issues, with only 3 clean sheets. -sheets in 9 TCC matches this season.
Mbappé in the axis with Ramos?
Concerning the team compositions, starting with Stade Rennais, Bruno Genesio should line up his eleven-type in 4-2-3-1, the one which won the derby against FC Nantes last week. In front of the last rampart Steve Mandanda, Warmed Omari and Arthur Theate would form the central hinge, while Lorenz Assignon and Adrien Truffert should occupy the lanes of this rearguard. The double pivot is, for its part, made up of Nemanja Matic and Benjamin Bourigeaud, wearer of the captain’s armband. Summer recruit Fabian Rieder should accompany Arnaud Kalimuendo in the axis of the attack, to leave freedom on the flanks to Ludovic Blas on the right and Amine Gouiri on the left.
On the Paris Saint-Germain side, Luis Enrique would continue with his 4-4-2 system, but with two changes compared to the Champions League. Gianluigi Donnarumma, indisputable starter ahead of Keylor Navas, should find his place in goal, accompanied by Danilo Pereira – who therefore replaces Milan Skriniar, aligned in C1 – and captain Marquinhos. Achraf Hakimi and Lucas Hernandez would occupy the sides of the Parisian defense. Vitinha would be the second change in the starting XI to accompany his midfield friends Manuel Ugarte and Warren Zaire-Emery, but the Portuguese would be positioned on the left of the attack. The rest of the latter would be completed by Ousmane Dembélé on the other side, and Kylian Mbappé in the company of Gonçalo Ramos for the front doublet.
