H2H: Sevilla vs Rennes – Prediction (Champions League

H2H: Sevilla v Rennes – Comparison.

Luuk de Jong has scored Sevilla’s opening goal in all but one of his last nine goalscoring competitive matches. Meanwhile, Martin Terrier opened the scoring in Rennes’ last road trip. Three of his last four competitive strikes have come before HT. Sevilla’s last seven UCL group stage matches (goalless draw excluded) have witnessed an opening goal inside the first 30 minutes.

Sevilla Insights.

Sevilla’s goalless away draw in their opening UEFA Champions League (UCL) group stage game, made it just one win across their last five UCL group stage outings (W1, D3, L1). In fact, they have failed to score in each of their last three competitive games, but the last time Sevilla failed to score in four straight competitive matches dates back to 2005! At home, the ‘Sevillistas’ ended an unbeaten run of 14 competitive games last weekend (W8, D6), but they have not lost two consecutive competitive home matches since November 2016. Furthermore, the hosts have kept a first-half clean sheet in each of their previous three home European H2Hs vs French opposition (W2, L1).

Rennes Insights.

Visitors Rennes enter this game after suffering their first competitive loss this campaign, and are on a winless run of four straight competitive matches (D3, L1), despite scoring first on each occasion. Significantly, each of those four games have witnessed goals at both ends, with just one of the 11 match goals during that run being scored after the hour mark. On the road, the visitors are still unbeaten this campaign (W2, L2), but they have lost their opening group stage away fixture in each of their three most recent European campaigns. Worryingly, Rennes have won just one of their last nine group stage away fixtures in UEFA club competitions, while failing to score before HT in each of the last six.