Rennes vs Olympique Lyonnais betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 21.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

3rd position in the Ligue 1 table for Rennes so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Olympique Lyonnais visits Roazhon Park.

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Rennes form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Roazhon Park as Rennes have scored 20 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 8-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Rennes lost their last game at Saint-Etienne (placed 17th) after a 1-2 scoreline. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Toulouse.

Heartbreak for Rennes in their last match as Saint-Etienne's R. Boudebouz scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

The Rennes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Rennes have conceded 14 goals.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The Olympique Lyonnais goalkeeper Anthony Lopes is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 228 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Olympique Lyonnais might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. PSG proved too strong as Olympique Lyonnais slumped to a 1-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Groupama Stadium. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Saint-Etienne in the Ligue 1.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against PSG was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Olympique Lyonnais has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Olympique Lyonnais have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Olympique Lyonnais - Rennes 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Rennes-Olympique Lyonnais H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rennes five wins, Olympique Lyonnais three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
16 goals
RennesM. Niang
M. Niang
9 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Depay
M. Depay
9 goals

Rennes missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Rennes Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 14 27
14 8 3 Won W 0 6 11
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
8 3 0 Lost L 3 5 9
33 20 6 Scored S 5 25 42
24 14 3 Conceded C 9 19 26
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
56% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 70%
37% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 71% 48%
15% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 22%
11% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 11%
48% 69% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 44%
33% 15% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 33%
26% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 30%
 
4.5 5.4 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.1 4.7
4.8 4 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 4.3
1.8 1.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
328 182 35 Total Shots T S 47 179 345
106 61 17 Shots on Target S O 17 69 135
31% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 31%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rennes has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
  • Rennes has the most points from losing position (17)
  • Rennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 27 14 5 8 33 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 9 47
4 Lille 27 14 4 9 34 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 7 46
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 7 9 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 16 40
8 Montpellier 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 10 2 2 26 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 6 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
13 Bordeaux 27 9 9 9 39 33 13 4 5 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 36
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Etienne 27 8 5 14 28 44 13 4 5 4 14 17 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 29
18 Nîmes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13

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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.