Rennes fear Estéban Lepaul could miss Juventus after ankle injury at Paris FC

Estéban Lepaul converted all three Rennes penalties at Jean-Bouin (29th, 74th, 88th), took his tally to seven goals and moved alone to the top of the Ligue 1 scoring chart. Rennes still left beaten 4-3. Our match preview had taken Paris FC at 2.37, and our recap of the seven goals is online.

In stoppage time, at 3-3, Lepaul asked to come off with a left ankle problem, and Rennes saw the game out with ten men before conceding the winning penalty in the seventh minute of added time.

“Knowing him, if he comes off in stoppage time, at 3-3, in a good spell for us, because he tells me he cannot carry on, I cannot see how, at such short notice, and Thursday is very short notice, he could play,” Franck Haise said after the match (Foot Mercato). The same outlet rates his presence against Juventus on Thursday, in the Europa League, as “heavily compromised”. No recovery timeline has been given.

Turin on Thursday, then Strasbourg

The fixture list gives Rennes no breathing room: Juventus in the Europa League on Thursday, then Strasbourg at Roazhon Park on Sunday 25 October. Rennes are priced at 1.74 with 1xbet for the visit of Strasbourg, a home win only slightly more likely than one chance in two. I am leaving that price alone until the length of Lepaul’s absence is known: without him, there is room for the odds to drift, and the medical update will be worth more than a blind bet.

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