Rennes vs Montpellier

Montpellier have not won any of their first four games of a Ligue 1 season (D1 L5) for the fifth time in their history after 1991-92 (D1 L3), 1994-95 (L4), 1996-97 (D2 L3) and 2015-16 (D1 L3). MHSC still managed not to be relegated in all four of these previous seasons.

Rennes have won each of their first two home games of a Ligue 1 season for the first time since 2020-21 already under Julien Stéphan (against… Montpellier, then against Monaco). They are on a run of three home games without defeat (W2 D1), having lost three of the previous four (W1).

Montpellier have lost each of their last three Ligue 1 games, having not known a longer run since October 2022 (5).

Rennes have lost only two of their last 16 Ligue 1 games against Montpellier (W9 D5), 1-2 in February 2021 and 0-1 in April 2023.

Rennes have won each of their last five home games against Montpellier in Ligue 1 and could make it six in a row against the same opponent for the first time in the top-flight since between 1994 and 2002 against Lille (6).

Rennes have lost seven of their last 11 Ligue 1 games (W3 D1), as many as across their previous 30 (W14 D9).

Montpellier are winless in their last five Ligue 1 games (D2 L3), after winning four of the previous six (D2).

Rennes have only failed to score once in their last 22 home games in Ligue 1 (50 goals), against Lyon back in November (0-1).