2011-2012 Season

Ligue 1, Stade Rennais 1 - 1 Lille OSC. Rennes snatched something of a moral victory. After a very good first half hour, the Bretons received a double knock with the dismissal of Apam followed by Lille’s goal at the end of the first half, before equalising through Erding in the last minutes of regular time.

Ligue 1, Stade rennais - Lille, Sunday 21:00 CET. Frédéric Antonetti has called a group of eighteen players to face the defending champions, Lille. Respectively suffering with ankle and foot injuries, Kader Mangane and Tongo Doumbia are unavailable for tonight’s game.

After having conceded four goals in Saint-Étienne, Stade Rennais will be hosts to Lille, one of the best attacks in Ligue 1, this Sunday. Not reassuring for a contender for European places, but Rennes is possibly showing the signs of a new way of playing.

Five players have started at right back this season under Frédéric Antonetti’s management. While Romain Danzé, the initial first choice, has seen his status being put in jeopardy over the last two weeks, several options appear. For one slot only.

Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne 4 - 0 Stade Rennais. After a balanced first half, Rennes has completely collapsed in the second half at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, conceding three more goals. Because of a really efficient and clinical Saint-Etienne, but also of a really shaky Rennes defence.

Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne - Stade Rennais, Sunday 17:00 CET. Frédéric Antonetti has called a group of twenty one players for the trip in the Forez. Back from the AfCoN, Boye is one of them, as well as Boukari, returning from injury. Foulquier, also in the squad, is expected to start on Sunday.

Squad competition is fully effective. Before travelling to Saint-Etienne on Sunday, nearly every player of the Stade Rennais will have to “give it all” in order to be guaranteed a starting slot.

Ligue 1, Stade Rennais 1 - 0 Sochaux. Rennes needed to win in order to remain in competition with the leading teams. Yann M’Vila and his team-mates managed it, despite a few frights, by inflicting Sochaux their eleventh defeat of the season, thanks to the first goal by Mevlüt Erding with his new team. A victory that allows Stade Rennes to get nearer to the podium, profiting of the defeat of Lyon earlier in the day against Caen.

Ligue 1, Stade rennais - Sochaux, Saturday 18:00 CET. To face Sochaux this Saturday, Frédéric Antonetti has called a squad identical to this that beat Évian TG last Tuesday. For the same result?

Coupe de France, Stade rennais 3 - 2 Evian TG. In a freezing night, Stade Rennes finally saw off a tough team of Evian Thonon Gaillard and managed qualification for the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France. Frédéric Antonetti’s players suffered until the last minute however, and saw the team from Savoie come back with a chance, despite a three-goals advantage.