Rennes vs Tottenham LIVE: Stream, TV channel, team news as Kane STARTS Spurs’ Europa League conference clash – updates

RENNES FORMATION

Rennes manager Bruno Genesio appears to have opted for a 4-4-2 formation against Tottenham.

Romain Salin starts in goal with Hamari Traore at right-back and Adrien Truffert on the other side, while Nayef Aguerd and Loic Bade team up at centre-back.

Benjamin Bourigeaud covers the right flank with Kamaldeen Sulemana on the other side, whereas Baptiste Santamaria and Flavien Tait link up in midfield.

Serhou Guirassy and Gaetan Laborde lead the attack

TOTTENHAM FORMATION

Tottenham manager Nuno Espirito Santo appears to have opted for a 4-3-3 formation against Rennes.

Pierluigi Gollini starts in goal with Matt Doherty at right-back and Ben Davies on the other side, while Japhet Tanganga and Joe Rodon link up at centre-back.

Tanguy Ndombele, Oliver Skipp and Bryan Gil team up in midfield.

Lucas Moura, Steven Bergwijn and captain Harry Kane lead the attack

RENNES BENCH

16 Gomis, 30 Bonet, 22 Assignon, 23 Omari, 25 Meling, 26 Ugochukwu, 28 Martin, 19 Diouf, 37 Tchaouna, 39 Tel, 18 Abline

TOTTENHAM BENCH

1 Lloris, 40 Austin, 49 Omole, 46 Fagan-Walcott, 3 Reguilon, 12 Emerson, 5 Hojbjerg, 8 Winks, 43 John, 20 Alli, 44 Scarlett, 54 Markanday

RENNES XI

1 Salin; 27 Traore, 4 Bade, 6 Aguerd, 3 Truffert; 14 Bourigeaud, 8 Santamaria, 20 Tait, 10 Sulemana; 9 Guirassy, 24 Laborde

TOTTENHAM XI

22 Gollini; 2 Doherty, 25 Tanganga, 14 Rodon, 33 Davies; 28 Ndombele, 29 Skipp, 11 Gil; 27 Lucas, 23 Bergwijn, 10 Kane

THE TEAM SHEETS ARE IN!!!

RENNES STATS

Rennes had a smooth road to the newly-formed Europa Conference League’s group stage after disposing Rosenborg with an aggregate of 5-1.

But the Rennais’ start in Ligue 1 has been a completely different story as they count a mere one victory in all of their five league matches, of which they have lost two.

In fact, both of the French side’s defeats took place in their last two games against Reims and Angers at home and away respectively.

Bruno Genesio’s men have also conceded six goals along the way while only being able to score a mere three times

SPURS STATS

Tottenham’s stunning start in the Premier League season came to a devastating halt on Saturday with a heavy 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

That ended a three-match winning streak, which kicked off with an incredible 1-0 win against defending Prem champions Manchester City in north London – victories over Wolves and Watford soon followed.

Palace were also the first team to score against Nuno Espirito Santo’s men, who count three goals so far in the top flight.

Tottenham have proven they are not invincible in the Europa Conference League as their highly youthful side experienced a shock 1-0 loss to Pacos de Ferreira in their qualifying play-off last month before turning the aggregate around at home with a decisive 3-0 triumph

HEAD-TO-HEAD

This is the first ever time Tottenham and Rennes lock horns across all competitions throughout their entire history.

Spurs, though, will want to take note from their north London rivals Arsenal as well as Premier League foes Aston Villa as they both experienced a loss each to the Ligue 1 side.

However, the north Londoners do have a rather impressive record against French teams with three wins out of a total of six matches.

Tottenham beat Lyon twice and Nantes once, while their only defeat occurred against the former way back in 1967

GOOD AFTERNOON FROM RENNES

Welcome to our live coverage of the Europa Conference League group stage match between Rennes and Tottenham at the Roazhon Park.

Spurs manager Nuno Espirito Santo will be without south American stars Davinson Sanchez, Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso who have been placed in quarantine after linking up with their national teams in red-list countries during the international break.

Son Heung-min (calf), Ryan Sessegnon (knock) and Steven Bergwijn (ankle) are also sidelined, same as Eric Dier who hurt his leg during Saturday’s loss at Crystal Palace.

However, Japhet Tanganga will be available for selection as his red card against Palace in the weekend has no impact in European competitions.

Nuno doesn’t seem to be dealing with any other injury problems, but it will be interesting to see how strong of a side he will start ahead of Sunday’s derby with Chelsea.

Therefore, the Portuguese boss could give opportunities to the likes of Bryan Gil, Pierluigi Gollini and maybe even Tanguy Ndombele.

Rennes manager Bruno Genesio, on the other hand, will be missing Martin Terrier, who was forced off against Reims with a suspected thigh problem.

The same goes for Jeremy Doku (hamstring), Alfred Gomis (quarantine), Birger Meling (adductor) and Lovro Majer (hip), who will play no part against the north Londoners.

However, Loic Bade will return from a domestic suspension to replace Warmed Omari at the back whereas Kamaldeen Sulemana should take Terrier’s place