Reims vs Rennes

Reims have won three of their last five Ligue 1 matches (D1 L1), as many wins as in their previous 15 (D6 L6).

Rennes have two losses in their first three matches of a Ligue 1 season for the first time since 2012/13 (also two). With three points in L1 2024/25, SRFC have their lowest points tally at this stage of a season since 2017/18 (2).

Rennes have lost at least two consecutive games in Ligue 1 for the third time since Julien Stéphan's return (in 25 matches), as many times as during the French coach's first term on the SRFC bench (three times in 77 games).

Reims have lost only two of their last 15 home games against Rennes in Ligue 1 (W10 D3), after losing three of the previous six (W1 D2).

Reims have scored in each of their last 14 home Ligue 1 matches against Rennes (27 goals in total), recording six clean sheets over the period for only 14 goals conceded.

Rennes have lost three of their last four games against teams from the Grand Est region in Ligue 1 (W1) which is as many as their previous 23 (W14 D6).

Beaten by Lille (0-2) and then held by Marseille (2-2), Reims could start a Ligue 1 season without a win in its first three games for the fourth time in the last five campaigns, while it had only happened once in the previous seven.

Reims lost 2-0 to Lille in their first home Ligue 1 game this season but the SdR have only suffered two defeats in their first two home games of a season in the top-flight once in the 21st century (3 in 2020-21).