Lyon vs Rennes Prediction & Tips
After nine competitive matches without a win between late February and early April (4 draws, 5 defeats), Lyon have regained their mid-season form and go into this matchday in third place, on 57 points. Although they sit at the top of a tight race for European places, with just six points separating them from seventh-placed Monaco at the start of the matchday, Lyon will have to continue working very hard to secure a third consecutive European campaign and perhaps even their first top-three finish since 2018/19. Hosting two of their last three matches should help their cause, as they have won seven of their last nine home league games (D1, L1) and have scored in each of their last 23.
Rennes, who go into the weekend just one point behind their hosts, are in superb form in Ligue 1 since the departure of former manager Habib Beye, with eight wins in ten matches, four of them in a row (D1, L1). Their 56 points from 31 matches match their best tally at this stage of a top-flight campaign, and the fact that they have played two of their last three matches away from home could work in their favour, as they have won each of their last four away fixtures — equalling the club’s top-flight record — scoring more than two goals on each occasion and keeping three clean sheets during that period.
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE 1.80
