Rennes - Brest predictions

Though Rennes are more likely to win this, an away win would only be slightly surprising. It’s a relatively balanced matchup, which usually means we’ll see some exciting football.

Brest appear severely unprepared for a clash with Rennes, to the point of being considered hard underdogs. We would consider even a draw a success, so the long 4.04 odds for an away win bit seem fitting.

Rennes will have been disappointed with their previous Ligue 1 fixture. Boosted by their home support, all they managed to do is to hold on for the first 45 minutes. A draw at the break turned into a narrow Olympique Marseille defeat the hosts are keen to bounce from.

Brest are bursting with confidence after their latest Ligue 1 home victory. Despite being tagged clear underdogs in the matchup against Olympique Lyonnais, they were ahead at both half time and the final whistle.

Rennes leave quite the impression whenever we see them play in front of their fans at Roazhon Park. They scored more than 5 goals in total the last 3 times they did so, which is a solidly impressive record.

Our confidence that Brest will manage to hold their composure in an away game is shaky. They have over 5 concessions on record in their latest 3 visiting games alone.

With their current placement in the Ligue 1 standings, there is clear room for improvement for Rennes. They should be able to put more of a distance between them and the relegation zone, though.

These two teams already clashed multiple times this season, and neither managed to come out on top in any of those games. Most bookmakers see Rennes as the favourites, though, so they’ll want to use the extra drive of being the hosts to finally earn a conclusive result.

The visitors’ status as underdogs is further made worse by the exceptionally high number of injuries going into this match. Jonas Martin, Bradley Locko, Julien Le Cardinal, Jordan Amavi, Soumaula Coulibaly, Massadio Haïdara will all be unable to play at Roazhon Park, so think twice before putting down any bets.

Based on both teams’ previous performances, an Over 2.5 Goals bet is very likely to win. The returns are somewhat limited at the odds of 2.11, but it’s still an incredibly safe bet.