UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Roazhon Park - Rennes Tuesday 20 October 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Stade Rennais FC Group E - Matchday 1 FC Krasnodar Last updated 16/01/2021 00:31CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 16 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 Stade Rennais FC - FC Krasnodar Tuesday 20 October 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Stade Rennais FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Stade Rennais FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC Krasnodar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bosetti 64 (P), Le 08/12/2016 GS OGC Nice - FC Krasnodar 2-1 Nice Marchand 77; Smolov 52 Smolov 22, Joãozinho 33, 65 (P), Ari 86, 29/09/2016 GS FC Krasnodar - OGC Nice 5-2 Krasnodar 90+3; Balotelli 43, Cyprien 71 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/11/2014 GS FC Krasnodar - LOSC Lille 1-1 Krasnodar Ari 35; Roux 79 Villeneuve 18/09/2014 GS LOSC Lille - FC Krasnodar 1-1 Kjær 63; Laborde 35 d'Ascq Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Stade Rennais FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Krasnodar 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 Stade Rennais FC - FC Krasnodar Tuesday 20 October 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes Match background Two of the four sides making their first appearances in the UEFA Champions League proper this season meet in the opening round of Group E games as Rennes take on Krasnodar in France. • The pair – who are joined by Midtjylland (Group D) and İstanbul Başakşehir (H) in making their group stage debut in 2020/21 – have never met before but will be aware of the need for a positive result given that European powerhouses Chelsea and Sevilla are also in the section. Form guide Rennes • Rennes are making their European Cup debut in 2020/21 having finished third in Ligue 1 last season. • The Brittany club have played 62 matches in UEFA competition, 42 of them in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League. • This is Rennes' third successive season playing European football, a club first. • Having reached the UEFA Europa League round of 16 in 2018/19, Julien Stéphan's side finished fourth in their section in the same competition last season, picking up four points to finish behind Celtic, CFR Cluj and Lazio. • Rennes were 2-0 winners at home to Lazio on Matchday 6 in last season's UEFA Europa League, ending a run of six European matches without a victory (D1 L5). • Les Rouge et Noir are the 11th Ligue 1 club to take part in the UEFA Champions League group stage and the first French debutants since Montpellier in 2012/13. • This is Rennes' first European game against a Russian club. • The Brittany side have won nine of their last 16 home European matches, losing only two. Krasnodar • Krasnodar are the seventh Russian club to compete in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and the first newcomers from the country since Rostov in 2016/17. • This is only Krasnodar's seventh season in UEFA competition – they have featured every year since making their debut in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League. In 2019/20, they were eliminated by Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League play-offs and went on to finish third in their UEFA Europa League section behind Basel and Getafe, picking up nine points from their six matches (W3 L3). • Third in the Russian Premier League for the second season in a row in 2019/20, Krasnodar had only played four European Cup matches before 2020/21. The first ended in a 1-0 home defeat by Porto in the 2019/20 third qualifying round first leg, only for them to then turn round the tie with a remarkable 3-2 victory in Portugal in which they led 3-0 at half-time. However, Olympiacos proved too strong for Murad Musayev's team in the play-offs, winning 4-0 in Greece and 2-1 in Russia. • Krasnodar had no such problems in this season's play-off, winning both legs of their tie against Greek club PAOK 2- 1 with Rémy Cabella scoring the winner in each game. • This is Krasnodar's fifth match against a French club. They drew 1-1 away and at home against LOSC Lille in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage and were paired with Nice at the same stage of the same competition in 2016/17, when they followed a 5-2 home win with a 2-1 loss in France. • Krasnodar have won two of their last three European away games, losing the other. Links and trivia • Born in Ajaccio, Cabella started his youth career at Gazélec Ajaccio before joining Montpellier in 2004 aged 14. He was part of the club's senior squad between 2009 and 2014 and has also had spells at Arles-Avignon (2010/11, loan), Marseille (2015–17) and St-Étienne (2017–19) in his homeland. • Cabella has played 13 games against Rennes (W3 D5 L5), scoring the only goal in Marseille's Ligue 1 away win on 3 December 2015. Cabella's Montpellier were beaten 2-0 at Rennes in the Coupe de la Ligue semi-finals on 16 January 2013. • Have played together: Jonas Martin & Rémy Cabella (Montpellier 2012–14) M'Baye Niang & Rémy Cabella (Montpellier 2014) Hamari Traoré & Wanderson (Lierse 2013–15) Latest news Rennes 3 Stade Rennais FC - FC Krasnodar Tuesday 20 October 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes • Summer transfers In: Steven Nzonzi (Roma, loan), Martin Terrier (Lyon), Nayef Aguerd (Dijon), Serhou Guirassy (Amiens), Alfred Gomis (Dijon), Dalbert (Internazionale, loan), Daniele Rugani (Juventus, loan), Jérémy Doku (Anderlecht) Out: Jakob Johansson (IFK Göteborg), Alan Kerouedan (Rodez), Jérémy Morel (Lorient), Maxime Bernauer (Le Mans), Riffi Mandanda (released), Mathis Picouleau (Valenciennes), Jordan Tell (Clermont), Souleyman Doumbia (Angers), Metehan Güçlü (Valenciennes, loan), Denis-Will Poha (Guimarães), Rafik Guitane (Marítimo, loan), Armand Laurienté (Lorient), Theoson Siebatcheu (Young Boys, loan), Edouard Mendy (Chelsea), Lucas Da Cunha (Nice), Jérémy Gelin (Royal Antwerp, loan), Sacha Boey (Dijon, loan), Raphinha (Leeds) • Rennes have scored 15 goals in winning four of their first seven Ligue 1 games and drawing the other three, including 1-1 at Dijon on Friday; together with league leaders LOSC Lille, they are the last two unbeaten teams. • Guirassy scored twice on his first start for Rennes, a 4-2 win in Nîmes on 13 September. He also found the net in a 3-0 success at St-Étienne on 26 September. • On 7 October Eduardo Camavinga, aged 17 years 333 days, became France's youngest goalscorer since Maurice Gastiger against Switzerland in March 1914. Camavinga scored the opening goal in a 7-1 friendly win against Ukraine at the Stade de France. • Camavinga had already became the youngest player to represent France since Gastiger in 1914 when he made his senior debut aged 17 years 304 days in the UEFA Nations League game against Croatia on 8 September (4-2). • Camavinga is also the youngest player to sign a professional contract with Rennes (17 years 35 days, December 2018), the first player born in 2002 to feature in one of Europe's top five leagues (April 2019) and the youngest goalscorer in Rennes' history (v Lyon, December 2019, 17 years 36 days). • James Lea Siliki (adductors) is yet to play this season after being injured in a pre-season friendly against St-Étienne on 12 August. • Faitout Maouassa suffered an ankle injury against Monaco on 9 September and is expected to be sidelined until December. • Hamary Traoré scored for Mali against Ghana on 9 October in a friendly 3-0 win in Tukey. • Goalkeeper Gomis also has an adductor problem and is still awaiting his Rennes debut. • Centre-back Nayef Aguerd (muscular) left the Morocco camp early to return to Rennes for treatment, but played 90 minutes at Dijon. • Martin Terrier (groin) made his first appearance since 26 September on Friday, scoring Rennes' goal. Krasnodar • Summer transfers In: Igor Smolnikov (Zenit), Evgeni Gorodov (Akhmat), Evgeni Markov (Dinamo Moskva), Evgeni Chernov (Rostov) Out: Stanislav Kritsyuk (Os Belenenses), Jón Gudni Fjóluson (Brann), Manuel Fernandes (Kayserispor), Uroš Spajić (Feyenoord, loan) • Krasnodar have picked up 18 points from their first 11 league games of 2020/21, five fewer than at the same stage of last season. • Krasnodar were 3-1 winners at home to Rubin Kazan on Saturday having taken only one point from their previous two league outings. Marcus Berg and Rémy Cabella respectively scored their fifth and fourth league goals of the season, while Kristoffer Olsson found the net for the first time since 15 September 2019. • The 7-2 win at home to Khimki on 18 September was the first time Krasnodar have ever scored seven goals in a game. It was their biggest margin of victory since a 5-0 home success against Anzhi on 31 March 2019. • Olsson set up a goal in Sweden's 2-1 friendly win in Russia on 8 October.