Marseille vs Rennes Live Stream, Predictions (May 17)

📊 Form Guide

Marseille

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Marseille fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 1-3 Ligue 1 victory versus Havre AC.

In that game, Marseille managed 54% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Marseille, the scorers were Amine Gouiri (56', 99') and Mason Greenwood (85'). Havre AC had 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Issa Soumaré (66') was the scorer for Havre AC.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Marseille have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Marseille have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals in the process.

Heading into this fixture, Marseille are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.

Rennes

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Rennes will go into the game following a 2-0 Ligue 1 win vs Nice in their previous match.

In that game, Rennes managed 51% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Rennes was Arnaud Kalimuendo (15', 80'). Nice had 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Rennes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in all. Defensively, Rennes have been far from perfect. It will be interesting to see if that trend will be sustained here.

Their past results show that Rennes:

• have not won against Marseille in games played away from home for the previous 6 league matches. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 20/01/2023 shows that Marseille have won 4 of these games & Rennes 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

An aggregate of 11 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Les Olympiens and 4 for Rennes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 17 on 11/01/2025 and the score finished Rennes 1-2 Marseille.

On that occasion, Rennes had 36% possession and 5 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Arnaud Kalimuendo (43').

Marseille had 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Mason Greenwood (45') and Adrien Rabiot (49') scored.

The referee was Abdelatif Kherradji.

📰 Team News: Marseille

We are thinking that Les Olympiens may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system featuring Gerónimo Rulli, Amir Murillo, Derek Cornelius, Leonardo Balerdi, Ulisses Garcia, P. Emil Højbjerg, Valentin Rongier, Mason Greenwood, Adrien Rabiot, Jonathan Rowe and Amine Gouiri.

📋 Team News: Rennes

Thanks to a largely healthy group, there’s only a single fitness worry for the Rennes boss Habib Beye to be concerned with. Alidu Seidu (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

We’re of the thinking that Rennes might begin the game with a 3-4-3 system, starting the game with Brice Samba, Jérémy Jacquet, Anthony Rouault, Lilian Brassier, Lorenz Assignon, Azor Matusiwa, Djaoui Cisse, Adrien Truffert, Ludovic Blas, Arnaud Kalimuendo and Mousa Tamari.

✨ Prediction

We envisage that Rennes are dangerous enough to get a goal against this Marseille outfit, however that may not quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re tipping both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Marseille at full-time. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Looking at the bookies’ prices in the 90 minute result market, a victory for Marseille can be had for 1.62, backing the draw is 4.1 and putting your money on the winner to be Rennes can get you 5. These are the best returns that can be secured at the moment.

Peter Guest, 14:07 14/05/2025