Doku auditions for Guardiola as Rennes smash Metz 5-1

Rennes outclassed Metz at home with a score of 5:1 at the premiere of the new season. And that result was good not only for their fans, but for Pep Guardiola too. After the (un)expected departure of Riyad Mahrez, Manchester City are on a lookout for a new winger. Maybe they will keep Bernardo Silva and focus on the central midfielder (hence the Lucas Paqueta bid), or maybe they will look for a new winger. In case they do, Jeremy Doku is on their radar, and he showed why today.

Bruno Genesio’s team dominated from the start, but did not manage to materialize it in the best way in the first half, so they went to the break with a draw. But it was only Rennes in the second half, and the Belgian national team player Jeremy Doku was among the scorers. Arno Calimuendo gave the visitors the lead in the 20th minute after a kick-off, but Metz responded quickly with a goal from Youssef Maziz.

After returning from the break, it took six minutes for the home team to regain the lead. A low cross from the right side and Rennes captain Benjamin Bourijeau was left alone on the edge of the box, and his shot was deflected into the Metz net by Amine Gouiri - 2:1. 15 minutes later, Doku followed the events in the opponent's penalty area well, picked up a deduction after the defense of the Metz goalkeeper and routinely put the ball into the visitors' net for 3:1. Doku played a very good match, won the most duels (14), had the most successful dribbles (nine), was fouled most often (three times), and in addition to the scored goal, created two more chances for his teammates. He had 92 percent passing accuracy, 61 touches with the ball, sent four shots, three on target. It is not surprising that Pep Guardiola is following him, and it is mentioned that Ren will not let him go for less than 50,000,000 euros. The Belgian left the game in the 84th minute, and instead Ibrahim Salah entered and beat Metz with two goals for the final score.

LIGUE 1 - MATCHDAY 1

Friday

Nice - Lille 1-1 (1-0)

/Laborde 18 - Diakite 90+3/

Saturday

Olympique de Marseille - Reims 2-1 (1-1)

/Ounahi 23, Vitinha 73 - Ito 10/

PSG - Lorient 0-0

Sunday

Brest - Lens 3-2 (1-2)

/Del Castillo 45+2 pen, 87 pen, Lala 56 - Sotoca 11, Machado 22/

Clermont - Monaco 2-4 (1-2)

/Wieteska 7, Cham-Saracevic 53 - Vanderson 26, Ben Yedder 43, 70, Akliouche 90+4/

Montpellier - Le Havre 2-2 (0-1)

/Adams 58, 60 - Lloris 5, Grandsir 90/

Nantes - Toulouse 1-2 (1-0)

/Mohamed 13 - Abouklhal 61, NIcolaisen 90+1/

Rennes - Metz 5-1 (1-1)

/Kalimuendo 20, Gouiri 51, Doku 67, Salah 87, 94/

21.45: (2.85) Strasbourg (3.50) Olympique Lyon (2.60)

***odds are subject to change