Betting preview: Nice vs Rennes should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

This has the potential to be an exciting fixture as Nice have their supposed home advantage, while Rennes have an edge of 8 points in the Ligue 1 table.

Insights:
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Ligue 1

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rennes, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their last match. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!

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Nice form and stats

Nice have collected 21 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 5-6-5. Nice are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Allianz Riviera, having lost their two previous games here.

Happy days for Nice in their previous game, a fixture away at Troyes (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league win after failing to win seven consecutive games. Nice goalkeeper Schmeichel did an outstanding job against Troyes with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Schmeichel, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.64 out of 10 in that game. Schmeichel topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the home loss against Clermont with the scoreline 1-2.

The Nice fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Rennes form and stats

Playing away, Rennes have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 7 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Rennes are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Impressive finishing from Gouiri and Doku (2) secured the home win 4-2 against Angers SCO in their previous game. As you can tell from the result, the match against Angers SCO was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Doku got a match rating of 9.22 in that game, top player of the team. Doku scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times and had 31 successful passes (of 33 total).

Prior to that match, the Rennes manager Génésio faced defeat when travelling to Montpellier and losing 0-1.

Observe: 8 of the last 10 league fixtures involving this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The visiting Rennes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games. Rennes have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Rennes - Nice 2-1 was the story when these sides previously met, earlier this season. Nice-Rennes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nice five wins, Rennes two wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

RennesA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
11 goals
NiceG. Laborde
G. Laborde
9 goals
RennesM. Terrier
M. Terrier
9 goals

Nice missing players

Rennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nice Rennes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 6 16 33
12 5 1 Won W 0 4 17
12 6 1 Drew D 0 5 5
9 5 3 Lost L 6 7 11
40 19 1 Scored S 5 18 55
31 16 6 Conceded C 14 22 36
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
64% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 81% 79%
36% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 50% 61%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 27%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
52% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 83% 75% 58%
30% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 30%
27% 38% 80% Failed to Score F T 17% 12% 15%
 
5.1 6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.3
4.2 3.9 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.2 4.3
1.4 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
13.5 14.7 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.4 14
4.9 5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.6 5
25% 24% 4% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 25% 33%
 
11.7 10.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 12.6 10.5
3.7 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.1 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Ligue 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 33 24 3 6 76 34 17 12 2 3 38 22 16 12 1 3 38 12 42 75
2 Olympique Marseille 33 21 7 5 61 32 17 9 4 4 31 21 16 12 3 1 30 11 29 70
3 Lens 32 19 9 4 54 25 16 14 1 1 34 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 29 66
4 Monaco 33 18 7 8 66 50 17 9 2 6 36 31 16 9 5 2 30 19 16 61
5 Lille 33 17 8 8 60 40 17 11 4 2 36 23 16 6 4 6 24 17 20 59
6 Rennes 33 17 5 11 55 36 17 13 0 4 37 14 16 4 5 7 18 22 19 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 33 15 8 10 52 37 16 7 5 4 24 14 17 8 3 6 28 23 15 53
8 Clermont 33 14 7 12 36 43 17 7 3 7 16 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -7 49
9 Nice 33 12 12 9 40 31 16 5 6 5 19 16 17 7 6 4 21 15 9 48
10 Lorient 33 13 9 11 46 45 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 6 5 6 25 29 1 48
11 Reims 33 11 14 8 40 35 16 7 5 4 24 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 5 47
12 Montpellier 33 13 4 16 52 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 16 6 2 8 26 27 0 43
13 Toulouse 32 12 5 15 48 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 6 1 9 22 29 -6 41
14 Auxerre 33 8 9 16 31 55 16 5 6 5 15 22 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 33
15 Strasbourg 33 7 11 15 44 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 16 3 5 8 22 30 -11 32
16 Nantes 32 6 14 12 35 46 16 4 8 4 19 21 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 32
17 Brest 32 7 11 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -13 32
18 Troyes 33 4 10 19 41 70 16 1 9 6 16 25 17 3 1 13 25 45 -29 22
19 Ajaccio 33 6 4 23 22 61 16 3 2 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 22
20 Angers SCO 33 3 5 25 27 72 17 2 3 12 17 33 16 1 2 13 10 39 -45 14

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 33 24 3 6 76 34 17 12 2 3 38 22 16 12 1 3 38 12 42 75
2 Olympique Marseille 33 21 7 5 61 32 17 9 4 4 31 21 16 12 3 1 30 11 29 70
3 Lens 32 19 9 4 54 25 16 14 1 1 34 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 29 66
4 Monaco 33 18 7 8 66 50 17 9 2 6 36 31 16 9 5 2 30 19 16 61
5 Lille 33 17 8 8 60 40 17 11 4 2 36 23 16 6 4 6 24 17 20 59
6 Rennes 33 17 5 11 55 36 17 13 0 4 37 14 16 4 5 7 18 22 19 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 33 15 8 10 52 37 16 7 5 4 24 14 17 8 3 6 28 23 15 53
8 Clermont 33 14 7 12 36 43 17 7 3 7 16 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -7 49
9 Nice 33 12 12 9 40 31 16 5 6 5 19 16 17 7 6 4 21 15 9 48
10 Lorient 33 13 9 11 46 45 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 6 5 6 25 29 1 48
11 Reims 33 11 14 8 40 35 16 7 5 4 24 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 5 47
12 Montpellier 33 13 4 16 52 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 16 6 2 8 26 27 0 43
13 Toulouse 32 12 5 15 48 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 6 1 9 22 29 -6 41
14 Auxerre 33 8 9 16 31 55 16 5 6 5 15 22 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 33
15 Strasbourg 33 7 11 15 44 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 16 3 5 8 22 30 -11 32
16 Nantes 32 6 14 12 35 46 16 4 8 4 19 21 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 32
17 Brest 32 7 11 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -13 32
18 Troyes 33 4 10 19 41 70 16 1 9 6 16 25 17 3 1 13 25 45 -29 22
19 Ajaccio 33 6 4 23 22 61 16 3 2 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 22
20 Angers SCO 33 3 5 25 27 72 17 2 3 12 17 33 16 1 2 13 10 39 -45 14

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.