In the match of the 1st round of the French championship Rennes will play at home with Lyon. Both teams expect to be in the European cups at the end of the season, preferably in the Champions League. Recall, last season Lyon started terribly and spent almost the entire first half near the relegation zone, but managed to make a breakthrough in the second part of the championship. This time he will try not to repeat last year's mistakes. For this purpose, he actively worked on the market. The main acquisition was Mikautadze from Metz, who showed himself well last season and in the national team of Georgia. Mama Balde from Troyes was also signed in attack, Nyakate from Nottingham Forest and Chaleta-Tsara from Southampton were taken in defence. Nyuama from Molenbeek and Abner from Betis have also strengthened the squad.

Rennes also worked actively. They took Welsh James from Birmingham, Meister from Sarpsbor, Grenbeck from Bode/Glimt, Estigor from Napoli, Hatebur from Atalanta and Kamar from Leeds. But Terrier and Belosian were let go to Bayer, Le Feux went to Roma, Gela Due to Strasbourg and Ableen to Nantes. So a certain renewal of the squad Rennes has experienced.

Before the start of the season, the Bretons played friendly matches with Werder (1:1 and 1:0), with Real Sociedad (2:0), with Gengam (0:3) and Angers (2:1). And Lyon managed to lose to Arsenal (0:2), defeated Union (4:0), played a draw with Torino (0:0), lost to St Pauli (0:1).

Last season, these rivals exchanged away victories. Lyon won 1-0 away thanks to a goal from O'Brien, who was sold to Everton in the summer. And Rennes won 3-2. And three times scored only in the first half. But almost missed the victory.