Montpellier vs Rennes Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Montpellier

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Montpellier, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-2 Ligue 1 success versus Lyon.

In that match, Montpellier had 46% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Montpellier, the goalscorers were Téji Savanier (20') and Elye Wahi (65'). Olympique Lyonnais got 24 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Lucas Paquetá (45') scored for Lyon.

Matches with Montpellier have proved to be absorbing encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past 6 games alone, a total of 20 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 10 of these coming from La Paillade. That being said, time will tell if the trend shall persist in this upcoming match or not.

Ahead of this clash, Montpellier have left without a victory over Rennes in their previous 9 matches in the league.

Rennes

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Since being beaten in their last game against St Etienne in Ligue 1 competition, Rennes and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Rennes managed 72% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. AS Saint-Etienne had 6 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Denis Bouanga (27') and Arnaud Nordin (71') scored for St Etienne.

Looking at their form, and Rennes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in all. Defensively, Rennes have seen their frailties exposed.

Going into this encounter, Rennes haven't been defeated by Montpellier in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 19/05/2018 tells us that Montpellier have won 0 of them and Rennes 3, with the number of drawn results being 3.

A total of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 4 from La Paillade and 11 coming from Rennes. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The last league clash featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 2 on 29/08/2020 and the score finished Rennes 2-1 Montpellier.

That time, Rennes managed 66% possession and 16 shots at goal with 7 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Eduardo Camavinga (77').

On the other side, Montpellier had 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Damien Le Tallec (22' Own goal) and Gaëtan Laborde (91') scored.

The referee was Willy Delajod.

📰 Team News: Montpellier

Montpellier manager Michel Der Zakarian has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this match thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Rennes

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to select from, Rennes manager Julien Stéphan doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this clash.

💭 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Rennes and Montpellier may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.

It could well end in a draw. We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 1-1 draw at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:18 17/02/2021