Rennes vs Nîmes Preview & Prediction 23 May 2021

Get ready for Rennes - Nîmes! Despite the season performances so far this game should be cracking!

Insights:

Rennes have the most points from losing position (20) in Ligue 1
Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Nîmes have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Rennes are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Nîmes are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Rennes form and stats

Rennes have played 18 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Rennes faced defeat in their previous match, away at Monaco (1-2). Adrien Truffert, defender, was given a rating of 7.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Truffert hit one key pass and won 0 of 1 duels.

In the match before that, Rennes hosted Paris Saint Germain and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Rennes home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.

Rennes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 18 games. 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Nîmes form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

Nîmes's previous game was their home loss versus Olympique Lyonnais (2-5). Attacker Moussa Koné got a player rating of 8.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Koné scored two goals and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times. As you can tell from the result, the match against Olympique Lyonnais was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Nîmes goalkeeper Baptiste Reynet had a great day against Olympique Lyonnais, but despite making eight saves the loss could not be avoided.

Prior to that result Nîmes won their away game at Metz. The scoreline was 3-0.

You'll want to know how Nîmes managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in one away win, zero draws and four home wins.

Nîmes have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 18 goals have been scored. Nîmes have conceded 30 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Nîmes - Rennes 2-4 earlier this season. Last five meetings between the teams: Rennes won four, Nîmes won one and zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Ripart

11 goals

M. Terrier

9 goals

S. Guirassy

9 goals

Rennes missing players

Nîmes missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Rennes				Nîmes
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	6	Played	P	6	18	37
15	8	4	Won	W	3	6	9
10	4	1	Drew	D	1	3	8
12	6	1	Lost	L	2	9	20
50	24	10	Scored	S	9	18	40
40	21	4	Conceded	C	7	30	69
95%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	94%	97%
70%	72%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	67%	83%	84%
51%	50%	33%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	67%	67%	54%
16%	17%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	33%	17%	30%
5%	6%	17%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	6%	14%
54%	61%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	44%	49%
24%	17%	33%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	28%	22%
27%	22%	17%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	33%	32%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
2.1	2.3	2.8	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2.2	1.7	1.6
5	1	0	Red cards	R C	0	1	5

13.2	14.2	15.3	Shots (avg)	S (	9.8	9.8	9.8
3.9	4.4	5.2	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	4.2	3.7	3.4
34%	30%	32%	Goal Efficiency	G E	36%	27%	32%

Rennes			First Half	Nîmes
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	6	Played	P	6	18	37
12	5	2	Won	W	0	1	4
12	6	3	Drew	D	4	9	15
13	7	1	Lost	L	2	8	18
19	9	3	Scored	S	2	5	13
22	11	2	Conceded	C	4	17	33
78%	83%	67%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	50%	61%	68%
27%	22%	17%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	33%	44%	35%
5%	6%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	17%	17%	16%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	5%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
16%	22%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	22%	19%
49%	39%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	39%	41%
57%	56%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	67%	78%	73%

Rennes			Second Half	Nîmes
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	6	Played	P	6	18	37
16	7	3	Won	W	3	6	12
10	4	2	Drew	D	2	6	10
11	7	1	Lost	L	1	6	15
31	15	7	Scored	S	7	13	27
18	10	2	Conceded	C	3	13	36
81%	83%	67%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	83%	86%
32%	33%	33%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	50%	57%
14%	17%	33%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	17%	11%	24%
5%	6%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
16%	17%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	22%	30%
57%	50%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	44%	41%
46%	50%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	17%	50%	43%

Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:

Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Rennes have the most points from losing position (20) in Ligue 1
Rennes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Lille	37	23	11	3	62	22	19	10	7	2	28	11	18	13	4	1	34	11	40	80
2	Paris Saint Germain	37	25	4	8	84	28	19	13	1	5	44	14	18	12	3	3	40	14	56	79
3	Monaco	37	24	5	8	76	42	19	12	5	2	43	21	18	12	0	6	33	21	34	77
4	Olympique Lyonnais	37	22	10	5	79	40	18	11	3	4	40	20	19	11	7	1	39	20	39	76
5	Olympique Marseille	37	16	11	10	53	46	19	10	5	4	32	23	18	6	6	6	21	23	7	59
6	Lens	37	15	11	11	55	54	18	7	6	5	28	26	19	8	5	6	27	28	1	56
7	Rennes	37	15	10	12	50	40	18	8	4	6	24	21	19	7	6	6	26	19	10	55
8	Montpellier	37	13	12	12	58	61	19	7	4	8	34	35	18	6	8	4	24	26	-3	51
9	Nice	37	14	7	16	47	51	19	7	3	9	25	30	18	7	4	7	22	21	-4	49
10	Metz	37	12	10	15	43	47	18	5	4	9	18	25	19	7	6	6	25	22	-4	46
11	Saint-Étienne	37	12	10	15	42	53	18	5	6	7	20	28	19	7	4	8	22	25	-11	46
12	Angers SCO	37	12	8	17	39	56	18	6	3	9	19	25	19	6	5	8	20	31	-17	44
13	Reims	37	9	15	13	41	48	18	4	8	6	15	19	19	5	7	7	26	29	-7	42
14	Bordeaux	37	12	6	19	40	55	19	7	4	8	19	21	18	5	2	11	21	34	-15	42
15	Strasbourg	37	11	8	18	48	57	18	4	4	10	20	28	19	7	4	8	28	29	-9	41
16	Brest	37	11	8	18	50	64	18	8	4	6	32	31	19	3	4	12	18	33	-14	41
17	Lorient	37	11	8	18	49	67	19	10	2	7	31	29	18	1	6	11	18	38	-18	41
18	Nantes	37	9	13	15	46	53	18	3	8	7	20	27	19	6	5	8	26	26	-7	40
19	Nîmes	37	9	8	20	40	69	19	3	5	11	22	39	18	6	3	9	18	30	-29	35
20	Dijon	37	3	9	25	24	73	19	1	6	12	8	31	18	2	3	13	16	42	-49	18

Rennes:

Stade Rennais FC

Nîmes:

Nimes Olympique

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	Lille	37	23	11	3	62	22	19	10	7	2	28	11	18	13	4	1	34	11	40	80
2	Paris Saint Germain	37	25	4	8	84	28	19	13	1	5	44	14	18	12	3	3	40	14	56	79
3	Monaco	37	24	5	8	76	42	19	12	5	2	43	21	18	12	0	6	33	21	34	77
4	Olympique Lyonnais	37	22	10	5	79	40	18	11	3	4	40	20	19	11	7	1	39	20	39	76
5	Olympique Marseille	37	16	11	10	53	46	19	10	5	4	32	23	18	6	6	6	21	23	7	59
6	Lens	37	15	11	11	55	54	18	7	6	5	28	26	19	8	5	6	27	28	1	56
7	Rennes	37	15	10	12	50	40	18	8	4	6	24	21	19	7	6	6	26	19	10	55
8	Montpellier	37	13	12	12	58	61	19	7	4	8	34	35	18	6	8	4	24	26	-3	51
9	Nice	37	14	7	16	47	51	19	7	3	9	25	30	18	7	4	7	22	21	-4	49
10	Metz	37	12	10	15	43	47	18	5	4	9	18	25	19	7	6	6	25	22	-4	46
11	Saint-Étienne	37	12	10	15	42	53	18	5	6	7	20	28	19	7	4	8	22	25	-11	46
12	Angers SCO	37	12	8	17	39	56	18	6	3	9	19	25	19	6	5	8	20	31	-17	44
13	Reims	37	9	15	13	41	48	18	4	8	6	15	19	19	5	7	7	26	29	-7	42
14	Bordeaux	37	12	6	19	40	55	19	7	4	8	19	21	18	5	2	11	21	34	-15	42
15	Strasbourg	37	11	8	18	48	57	18	4	4	10	20	28	19	7	4	8	28	29	-9	41
16	Brest	37	11	8	18	50	64	18	8	4	6	32	31	19	3	4	12	18	33	-14	41
17	Lorient	37	11	8	18	49	67	19	10	2	7	31	29	18	1	6	11	18	38	-18	41
18	Nantes	37	9	13	15	46	53	18	3	8	7	20	27	19	6	5	8	26	26	-7	40
19	Nîmes	37	9	8	20	40	69	19	3	5	11	22	39	18	6	3	9	18	30	-29	35
20	Dijon	37	3	9	25	24	73	19	1	6	12	8	31	18	2	3	13	16	42	-49	18