H2H: Rennes vs Krasnodar – Prediction (Champions League

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Rennes’ top league scorer Serhou Guirassy has netted each of his three league goals before the hour mark. Krasnodar’s French midfielder Remy Cabella has scored one goal in four of his last six competitive appearances. He scored the winning goal (70th-80th minute period) in each of the two UCL matches during that run. Each of Rennes’ last three home UEL group stage fixtures have featured under 2.5 match goals and a 1-0 scoreline at HT (either way).

Rennes Insights.

Stade Rennais welcome FK Krasnodar in this UEFA Champions League (UCL) Group E opening fixture, with both sides participating in their first ever UCL group stage. Domestically, Rennes are currently enjoying their best start to a new league campaign since 2010/11, after being unbeaten in their seven Ligue 1 (L1) games so far (W4, D3). Encouragingly, the hosts are unbeaten in their opening group stage home fixture (W1, D2) across their last three European campaigns (UEFA Europa League (UEL) / UEFA Cup), while netting first on each occasion. Significantly, each of those games featured both teams scoring, which has also been the case in their opening three L1 home matches.

Krasnodar Insights.

Krasnodar come into this game after winning their two UCL qualifying matches vs PAOK. Although they have reached the UCL group stage for the first time in the club’s history, the Russian side have played the UEL group stage in four of their last six campaigns, while reaching the round-of-16 in two of the last three. On the road, the visitors have lost just one of their opening group stage away fixtures across their last four UEL campaigns (W2, D1), with just one side scoring in each of the last three. However, Krasnodar are winless in their two historical European away fixtures versus French opposition (D1, L1), despite scoring the opening goal on each occasion.