Nice vs Rennes Prediction

Recent form

Nice's sample covers twenty matches across competitions, including several pre-season friendlies, and shows just five wins against five losses and ten draws. Their Ligue 1 results in that stretch have been patchy too, with defeats to Auxerre and Paris FC either side of draws against Le Mans and Lorient.

Nice: 20 completed matches; Rennes: 20 completed matches.

Nice

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

17

Difference

+5

Rennes

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

36

Difference

-2

Rennes have been busier going forward, with ten wins from twenty matches in the same period and 37 goals scored. Their Ligue 1 form has mostly held up well, with three wins and a draw in four league games before a heavy 4-0 loss at Lyon.

Rennes look the more reliable side away from home right now, even allowing for that recent Lyon defeat.

Comparative Team Statistics: Nice vs Rennes

Head-to-head

These two have met twenty times across the years, and the picture has shifted recently. Rennes have won the last three meetings outright, including that 4-0 win in March and a 2-1 success last October.

Further back the fixture has been far more even, with draws and narrow wins shared fairly equally between 2017 and 2021. The recent run favours Rennes, but it is a short sample against a much longer history.

Where they sit

Rennes are fifth after five games, with ten points from three wins, a draw and a single loss. Nice are down in fourteenth with five points from one win, two draws and two defeats.

That's a meaningful early gap, built on Rennes scoring more freely while conceding fewer than Nice have managed so far.

Players to watch

Rennes' Enzo Lepaul has been their sharpest attacking threat, with three goals in five matches, while Adrien Thomasson has chipped in with two assists in the same span.

Nice:

Penalty cards:

Y. Ndayishimiye x 2

Rennes:

Best scorers:

E. Lepaul - 3

Best assist providers:

A. Thomasson - 2

For Nice, Youssouf Ndayishimiye has picked up two yellow cards in five games, which is worth keeping an eye on without suggesting any immediate suspension risk.