Stade Rennes vs OGC Nice Prediction: Keep winning or forget the title!

OGC Nice can look back at the first half of the season with pride and satisfaction. Even though they suffered some setbacks in the last few matches, they are still keeping the confidence in their title pursuit. At the moment, there are 5 points between them and Paris Saint Germain and there's still a long way to go until the end of the season. But the pressure is building on the team and they have to maintain a winning run or they might end up fighting for the top 4 in a short time.

At the moment, they will take a trip to Roazhon Park to face Stade Rennes. Stade Rennes are hardly the center of attention in this match, but they can prove to be a tough opponent against the side with an ambition to lift the Ligue 1 title. Stade Rennes also wants a win to compensate for getting just 1 win in their last 4 matches, so they mean serious business when they take on OGC Nice. OGC Nice are also not at their best and 2 defeats and 3 wins in 5 matches is a serious concern. So what are we expecting from this clash? Let's find out below.

Stade Rennes are expected to come second best at the end of this clash against OGC Nice because they are simply not good at the moment. The team had been plagued by a consistent run of poor results and very few wins in the first half of the season. Since their 3-1 win over Nantes back in October last year, they went without a win in the next 5 league matches, losing 4 of them in the process. Then they won against Stade Reims in November, and once again they were without a win in the next 3 matches, losing 2 of them. Finally, they managed to grab another win against Clermont Foot in their last league game and once again there's a huge worry they might slump back into their losing streak once again.

Credit to the team, they had Clermont Foot in clutches in that game. They went behind in the first half after conceding just 4 minutes into the game. But they came back stronger in the second half, netting 3 goals to win the game 3:1 at full time. Arnaud Kalimuendo, Desire Doue, and Ludovic Blas were the goal scorers.

Rennes are 10th at the moment; a position without any real ambition, but they would hope to not fall lower down the table. They earned just 19 points from 17 matches, winning 4 games, drawing 7, and losing 6 altogether.

OGC Nice have exceeded their expectations at this point in the season because no one expected them to be chasing Paris Saint Germain for the title but here they are. It's 5 points between them and Paris Saint Germain and that might seem like game over for their title hopes because of the qualities of the Paris Saint Germain team, but I don't think OGC Nice are giving up just yet. Even if they are, they still have to fight for their survival with the teams below, only a few points away.

OGC Nice were able to go on the break at the back of a 2:0 win over RC Lens in their last match. But they can't be over-excited with the way results have gone in recent weeks. Nice won 3 of their last 5 league matches and lost the remaining 2.

The game against Nice wasn't an easy one as expected, but they managed to pull off a win in the second half of the game. Terem Moffi scored 2 goals for Nice, the first goal from the spot in the 76th minute, and then the second came 2 minutes later from open play.

Nice are fully aware of the implications of dropping more points at this time of the season, so they are expected to come out chasing all 3 points in this game. They were able to beat Stade Rennes in their last 2 meetings, but not at the Roazhon Park though. They lost 2:1 on their last visit to the Park back in January last year. But right now all metrics point towards a win for OGC Nice.

OGC Nice holds the bragging rights according to the head-to-head record against Stade Rennes. In 20 matches played, Nice won 11 of them, while Rennes won 4 and they both drew 5 matches.

Stade Rennes are no match for OGC Nice according to statistics, but we won't leave out the element of surprise that such games can bring. Especially when Stade Rennes are playing in front of their fans.

According to Analysis, OGC Nice had less than 2.5 goals in 8 of their last 10 matches and more than 10.5 corners in 4 of their last 5. While Rennes are unbeaten in their last 3 matches and had less than 10.5 corners in 5 of their last 6 matches.

Against each other, they both scored in 5 of their last 6 matches and OGC Nice scored first in those games. There were also less than 4.5 cards shown in 8 of their last 9 matches.

• Stade Rennais to Play More Corners at 1.93 Odds
• Home Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals at 1.78 Odds
• Under 2.5 Goals a 1.754 Odds