A 2-0 victory over AS Saint-Étienne on Friday got here at a value for Stade Rennais. Whereas that triumph put Habib Beye’s males in twelfth, the brand new Rennes supervisor shall be with out two key figures after they host Stade de Reims in a few weeks time.
First-choice goalkeeper Brice Samba (30) and Ludovic Blas (27) shall be pressured out of that encounter by suspension.
Blas leads the Breton membership with six assists within the high flight this season, whereas Samba has posted a clear sheet in his final two matches since Beye took over from Jorge Sampaoli. On Friday, each gamers acquired their third yellows within the final 10 Ligue 1 matches for this workforce, resulting in their suspensions.
With back-to-back wins, Rennes are 5 factors away from AS Saint-Étienne within the relegation play-off battle and 6 forward of Le Havre AC, who’re in one of many high automated relegation locations.
Reims are only a level beneath Stade Rennais in 14th and are at present winless of their final 10 Ligue 1 affairs, dropping 4-0 at Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday.
The subsequent match for Rennes within the French high flight happens subsequent Sunday after they host Lille OSC at Roazhon Park earlier than welcoming Reims to Brittany on February 21.
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