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country flag Uefa Champions League Round Grp E (6)
Stade Rennais vs. Sevilla
Tue 08 December 2020 20:00
Referee
Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Weather at KO
weather icon Partly Cloudy  4oC | Precip: 0% (0 mm) | Wind 3.4 m/s
Travel Info
2 hours plane
Distance
1,250 KM
Venue
No Fans

Stade Rennais

Last updated: Wed 09 December 2020 09:50
In Brief

Rennes already out. Even domestic form is poor. Gomis absent. Rugani, Guirassy both missing. Del Castillo out.

Looking Back

Rennes’ miserable run of form continued on Saturday as they suffered a 2-0 loss at home to Lens.

Notably dropped the out-of-form Eduardo Camavinga from the starting XI, while their forward three contained Flavien Tait, Adrien Hunou and Romain Del Castillo. All were ineffective.

Unhappiness of the coach was emphasised as they made four of their five available changes at the break.

Already out of Europe after suffering a 2-1 defeat away to Krasnodar last time out. Lost last four in the Champions League.

Looking Ahead

No fans present.

Likely to use this as an opportunity to give some game time to those who have been lacking it. Faitout Maouassa and Mbaye Niang are liable to feature.

Goalkeeper Alfred Gomis remains injured. Daniele Rugani continues to miss out in the defence and Serhou Guirassy absent in attack.

Martin Terrier not fit after Covid, but Nayef Aguerd is available and could get minutes. Gerzino Nyamsi is injured and unlikely to play, despite being named in the squad, so Steven Nzonzi may play centre-back. Brandon Soppy also tipped for the role.

New injury for Romain Del Castillo, who will be out for a number of weeks.

Points of Interest

Questions starting to be asked of head coach Julien Stephan.

Sevilla

Last updated: Wed 09 December 2020 09:50
In Brief

Guaranteed to finish second in the group, so should rest players in this match and have already said Jesus Navas won't travel. Missing the injured Tomas Vaclik, Sergio Escudero, Marcos Acuna and Munir El Haddadi. Missing the suspended Joan Jordan.

Looking Back

Sevilla have lost to Chelsea and Real Madrid in the past week.

Their loss to Chelsea means they will definitely finish second in this group. As such, they are expected to rest several players for this match.

Looking Ahead

Starting right-back and captain Jesus Navas is being rested for this game and isn't travelling. Can be replaced by centre-back Sergi Gomez or by one of the squad's many wide forwards.

Starting goalkeeper Bono is back from having had COVID-19, but didn't look 100 percent in the weekend's match and made a big mistake. Backup goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik is out injured.

Starting left-back Sergi Escudero is out injured and backup left-back Marcos Acuna is out injured. Centre-back Karim Rekik can fill in.

Starting winger Munir El Haddadi is out injured. Can be replaced by Suso.

Starting central midfielder Joan Jordan is suspended. There are various options to replace him.

Points of Interest

There's no real advantage for either side in terms of rest time since they both had their most recent game on Saturday.

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Probable Starting 11
Probable Bench

Sevilla

Last updated: Wed 09 December 2020 09:50
In Brief

Guaranteed to finish second in the group, so should rest players in this match and have already said Jesus Navas won't travel. Missing the injured Tomas Vaclik, Sergio Escudero, Marcos Acuna and Munir El Haddadi. Missing the suspended Joan Jordan.

Looking Back

Sevilla have lost to Chelsea and Real Madrid in the past week.

Their loss to Chelsea means they will definitely finish second in this group. As such, they are expected to rest several players for this match.

Looking Ahead

Starting right-back and captain Jesus Navas is being rested for this game and isn't travelling. Can be replaced by centre-back Sergi Gomez or by one of the squad's many wide forwards.

Starting goalkeeper Bono is back from having had COVID-19, but didn't look 100 percent in the weekend's match and made a big mistake. Backup goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik is out injured.

Starting left-back Sergi Escudero is out injured and backup left-back Marcos Acuna is out injured. Centre-back Karim Rekik can fill in.

Starting winger Munir El Haddadi is out injured. Can be replaced by Suso.

Starting central midfielder Joan Jordan is suspended. There are various options to replace him.

Points of Interest

There's no real advantage for either side in terms of rest time since they both had their most recent game on Saturday.

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Doubtful (chance of availability)
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Rested
Probable Starting 11
Probable Bench

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