The game: 3-0
Headwinds do not blow at Roazhon Park. Beaten in their last three trips, in all competitions, Rennes are still solid at home. It must be said that there was nothing in front, the 5-4-1 of a decimated Racing (Gameiro, Liénard, Bellegarde, Nyamsi, Perrin absent) having been of a confounding poverty.
They too were diminished and with the left-hander Meling lined up exceptionally at the right-back position, the Rouge et Noir did things well. They scored at the start of each period (3rd, 51st) and were already leading 2-0 after 21 minutes. Bourigeaud even hit the crossbar in the 39th minute, on a long shot. Their very high pressing really disturbed the RCSA, as did their technique and their automatisms in a rediscovered 4-3-3. A good omen at the dawn of a difficult month of February (7 matches in 25 days).
Eighteenth, four points from the first non-relegable, Strasbourg has already left behind the upturn born with Mathieu Le Scornet. The first period saw the RCSA touch… a ball in the opposing area (by Djiku) and be martyred in the midfield. The pressure will be very great, Sunday, for the reception of Montpellier in a Meinau which has not yet seen his team win this season.
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Rennes have won their last 10 receptions in Ligue 1, the longest home winning streak in their history in the top flight.
The player: Gouiri, here we go again!
Three months without scoring is a very long time for a striker. Mute since October 30 (3-0 against Montpellier), ie 10 matches in all competitions, Amine Gouiri found the net again… twice against Strasbourg. Found by Truffert, he opened the scoring in the second with a shot deflected by Djiku. He then managed a loss of ball from Morgan Sanson well, dismissing Doué then finding himself on the receiving end of the pass from his young teammate (21st). The Alsatians are doing well for him: he had given a decisive pass against them with Nice (1-1, August 14) and had scored at La Meinau on October 1 (3-1). This Wednesday, his permutations with the newcomer Toko Ekambi have always been of good quality, like his choice of passes (4 out of 5 successful in the last third).