Lorient vs Stade Rennes Prediction: A low-scoring affair as always

Lorient find themselves at the bottom end of the league after 8 games played, while Rennes are in 8th position. Both clubs will be hoping to improve their position on the table by going for all 3 points in this match.

Lorient host Stade Rennes after holding Lyon to a 3-3 draw in their last match, while Rennes are coming off a 3-1 defeat against Paris Saint Germain.

Lorient

Lorient are having a disaster at the moment after failing to win any of their last 5 matches in a row. In 8 matches played so far this season, they recorded 1 win, 4 draws and 3 defeats. This places Lorient in 16th position, with 7 points.

Lorient lost 3 of their last 5 matches, drawing the other 2. Their most recent game against Lyon ended in a 3-3 draw. Eli Junior Kroupi scored the opening goal for Lorient, but they went on to concede 3 goals before the end of the first half. They came back stronger in the second half, with Eli Junior Kroupi scoring his second goal and Darline Yongwa scoring the third goal to draw both sides level. Lorient has 51% of the possession and played 5 shots on target and 2 corner kicks in that game.

Lorient will be hoping for a repeat of their 2-1 victory over Stade Rennes in their most recent meeting. Montassar Talbi and Theo Le Bris scored both goals in the first half to guide Lorient to the win.

Streaks

• No wins in 5 matches.
• Without a clean sheet in 7 matches.
• More than 2.5 goals in 6/6 matches.
• Both teams scored in 5/7 matches.
• Less than 4.5 cards in 5/5 matches.

Stade Rennes

Rennes come into this game as the better side of the two and they hope to get back to winning ways after falling to a defeat in their last match. Rennes have won 2 games, drawn 5 games, and lost 1 in 8 games. They are ranked in 8th position with 11 points.

Rennes won only 1 of their last 5 games, drawing 3 and losing 1. They were up against PSG in their last match and they lost 3-1 at full-time. They fell behind to 2 goals in the first half and Amine Gouiri pulled one goal back in the 56th minute. But they conceded another goal 2 minutes later to end the game 3-1 at full time. Rennes managed 42% possession, 4 shots on target, and 1 corner kick in that game.

Rennes need to get back to winning ways against Lorient even though they lost their last meeting 2-1. The last time Rennes beat Lorient was back in 2022 and Arthur Theater scored an own goal to give Rennes the crucial win.

Streaks

• Without a clean sheet in 3 matches.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 5/6 matches.

Head to Head

Stade Rennes and Lorient have played 20 matches against each other. Rennes won 9 matches, while Lorient won 5 and the other 6 matches ended in a draw.

Streaks

• Rennes scored first in 6/8 matches.
• Less than 4.5 cards in 10/10 minutes matches.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 6/8 matches.

Analysis and Predictions

Lorient scored an average of 1.6 goals per game with an 18% conversion rate. While Rennes scored an average of 1.8 goals per game, with a conversion rate of 11%.

Lorient conceded an average of 2.3 goals per game and kept 1 clean sheet. While Rennes conceded an average of 1.3 goals and kept 2 clean sheets.

Lorient played an average of 3.9 corners per game and Rennes played an average of 4.0 corners per game.

• Under 9.75 Corners at 1.652 Odds
• Both teams to score at 1.66 Odds
• Correct Score 1-1 at 7.00 Odds