Stade Rennes vs Montpellier Predictions: All chips on Rennes

Stade Rennes have the bragging rights for being one of the consistent teams in the league in the past few weeks. They are currently on a 5-match win streak, thanks to the dramatic 3:2 win over Olympique Lyon last weekend. Montpellier are coming off a shaky period and they need a win in this game. Montpellier have failed to win any of their last 3 matches and their most recent game ended in a goalless draw with LOSC Lille last weekend.

At the moment both teams have all to fight for in this game as neither side can afford to drop points. A drop in points would result in a drop down the table and both teams will very much like to avoid that outcome.

It's 3 wins in a row for Stade Rennes in the Ligue 1 and 5 wins in all competitions. They had a dominant first 45 minutes in the match against Olympique Lyon last weekend. Martin Terrier opened the goal fest in the 22nd minute, Desire Doue doubled the lead in the 36th minute before Martin Terrier scored the third. Rennes were stunned by 2 replies from Lyon through Henrique and ALexandre Lacazette in the 57th and 78th minute, but Stade Rennes won 3:2 at the end of the game. Martin Terrier has scored 2 goals in 11 matches for Rennes this season and both goals were against Lyon last weekend. He also had 2 shots on target and had 17 successful passes from 18.

Stade Rennes are ranked 9th on the table with 25 points from 19 matches. They have 6 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats this season.

Montpellier would do anything to get back to winning ways in this game. Their league form has been poor and it comes as a surprise that they are not drowning in the relegation zone right now. Montpellier won only 1 of their last 10 league games, with the other 9 ending in 5 draws and 4 defeats. They are also without a win in their last 3 games after playing a goalless draw with LOSC Lille at home last weekend. It was a tense game between both clubs resulting in 7 yellow cards and a red card for Lille player Ayyoub Bouaddi. Montpellier failed to dominate the game despite playing against 10-men Lille. They had just 39% possession, 7 shots on target and 5 corner kicks. Despite not getting the desired result, Tej Savanier was the standout player for Montpellier. The right midfielder has 7 G/A in 19 matches this season. He had an 87% pass accuracy, 3 key passes, while also getting 1 shot on target in the game against LOSC Lille. 

Montpellier are in 12th place on the league table with 19 points from 4 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats in 19 matches. 

In 20 meetings between both clubs, Stade Rennes recorded 9 wins, while Montpellier had 4 wins and 7 matches ended in a draw.

All indications tend to point to a win for Stade Rennes. Montpellier are in very poor form and there's just no chance they are getting off this game with a win. In their head-to-head meetings, one thing seems consistent and that is the total corners played. In their last 10 meetings, there were less than 10.5 corners played in total.

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