Angers SCO vs Stade Rennais

Angers host Rennes at Stade Jean-Bouin on Sunday, September 6, with both sides still finding their form just one round into the new Ligue 1 season. For Angers, it's a chance to open their points tally in front of home fans; for Rennes, it's a chance to build on a promising start against the champions. Angers were beaten 0-2 by Lille on the opening weekend, creating plenty of chances but failing to convert any of them — a finishing problem their manager will want fixed quickly. Rennes, under new boss Franck Haise, raced into a 2-0 lead over Paris Saint-Germain through Sebastian Szymanski and Esteban Lepaul before Ferran Torres's late brace rescued a 2-2 draw for the champions. Lepaul, last season's Ligue 1 top scorer with 21 goals and now under contract until 2030, is the man Angers must contain. History favors Rennes: they're unbeaten in seven meetings with Angers, a run stretching back to 2021. Our prediction: 1-2