Rennes - Marseille Prediction, Picks and Tips
The first match in Ligue 1 of the new decade is between Stade Rennais and Olympique Marseille. Only three of the 37 league games of both teams ended this season with zero goals, so it is highly likely that a player from one of the two teams will immediately be crowned the first scorer of the Ligue 1 in the new decade.
With five victories in the last five league games, Stade Rennais is in shape the last month and the good shape hopes the team of Julien Stéphan will continue this weekend. Last weekend, Stade Rennais showed in a one-sided cup match against Amiens in the 1 / 32nd finals of the Coupe de France that he could still play well, but within ninety minutes of regular playing time and the extension, both teams did not score, meaning that a penalty shootout had to be used. Also, two of the seven penalties were ultimately not devoted to les Rouges et Noirs, but the team nevertheless managed to reach the 1 / 16th finals of the Coupe de France, in which an away game awaits five-division team Athlético Marseille. In the first half of the season there was a notable difference in the number of Stade Rennais' goals in both halves. In the first half, a total of only five hits were collected in the Ligue 1, of which only two in the first half hour, but there are 12 goals in the second half. With only seventeen goals against in eighteen league games, the defense of the Stéphan team is still extremely solid. At the moment, the defense seems to be in good shape, with no fewer than four clean sheets in the last five games.
Olympique Marseille seemed to choke last week in the 1 / 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, just like last year in the first game of the season against a team from a lower division. Against four-division team player Trélissac, the Marseilles players already fell behind in the first minute, after which Dmitri Payet soon had the equalizer scored. In the remainder of the regular playing time, no more hits were recorded and defender Hiroki Sakai took another red card in the final phase. In the extension, the team of André Villas-Boas managed to hold out with ten men, after which the Marzilians were much more effective in the penalty shootout series. In the 1 / 16th finals, another four-division team awaits US Granville, a team that managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France four seasons ago. With only two clean sheets in the last ten games in all competitions, defense this season is not necessarily the strongest line of the Marseille people, but that makes the vanguard more than good up to now. Nineteen league games have already scored 29 times, a number that only Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco managed to beat. Nearly two-thirds of those hits fell in the second half, while less than half of the goals were cashed in the second half, making it seem like a long-haul team this season.
Our recommendation tip for Rennes - Marseille: BTS / YES @ 1.79