Le Puy vs Stade Rennes Prediction: No surprises here!

The Coup de France reaches its quarter final stage and 8 teams battle for a spot in the semifinal. Le Puy and Stade Rennes will face each other for the very first time ever.

The teams in the lower division have been terrific so far in this competition and it won't be a surprise to see another top team taking the bow in this stage. But at the moment, Stade Rennes are huge favorites to progress ahead of Le Puy.

Le Puy

Le Puy are looking ambitious in the Coup de France and at the moment, they are in very fine form. Le Puy are on a 13-match unbeaten streak and they are threatening for more. Their last Coup de France match was against Laval FC and they won 2-1 at full time. 

Le Puy’s coach Stephane Dief deployed a 4-4-2 formation in the game against Laval FC and it yielded the right results. The team dominated the game, taking up 53% possession, while taking 8 shots on target and 8 corner kicks. 

However, in a game against a tougher opponent such as Stade Rennes, he might prefer to play safer and keep things tight at the back. Jules Meyer scored both goals against Laval FC and he is expected to lead the attack against Stade Rennes. Salim Akkal was also instrumental in the midfield against Laval. He played 4 key passes and created 2 big chances, while also taking a shot on target. And at the heart of defense, Sadia Diakhabi caught the eye with a good performance. He made 5 clearances, blocked 2 shots and completed 1 tackle throughout the game. 

Stade Rennes

Everyone expects this to be a walkover for Stade Rennes because they are the more superior team. They are coming off a tough game against PSG, where they played to a 1-1 draw and Rennes coach Julien Stéphen might be fielding a different team in this cup game. 

Stade Rennes were unbelievable at the Parc de Princes last weekend. Besides opening the scoring in the 33rd minute, they were able to keep the PSG frontline from scoring until the 97th minute. They showed a lot of resilience in several areas of the pitch and that was instrumental in the game.

Amine Gouiri played until the 81st minute before he was replaced by Warmed Omari. He was the goal scorer against PSG and he surely looks set to get another start against Le Puy. One key change to the lineup ahead of the Coup de France will most likely be goalkeeper Steve Mandanda. He has been between the sticks in all 23 Ligue 1 games this season. Gauthier Gallon was in goal against Sochaux in the Coup de France match a few weeks ago and it's most likely he will get

Head to Head

There's no h2h data between both clubs.

Analysis and Predictions

We expect significant changes in the setup of Stade Rennes but not so much for Le Puy. But that shouldn't affect the result so much because Stade Rennes are still the dominant team. 

According to stats, Le Puy have won their last 5 games and are unbeaten in the last 13. while Rennes are unbeaten in their last 3. Both clubs have also not kept a clean sheet in their last 4 matches. Le Puy have seen their last 5 games end with more than 2.5 goals while Rennes have played more than 2.5 goals in 6 of their last 8 matches. Both teams also scored in 4 of the last 5 games for Le Puy and in 7 of the last 9 games for Stade Rennes.

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