The critical battleground here will be in the midfield, where Rennes' Baptiste Santamaria and Benjamin Bourigeaud will look to control tempo against Angers’ Nabil Bentaleb.
Angers has been a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde recently, beating Lille 1-0 but then getting hammered 5-0 by Montpellier. Rennes, on the other hand, has won three of their last four, including a convincing 2-0 victory over Marseille. Their attack, led by Martin Terrier and Gaëtan Laborde, has been clicking.
Rennes takes this one comfortably. Rennes 3, Angers 1.
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