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Lyon v Rennes : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 26th Apr, 20:05 BST, Groupama Stadium, Lyon

Habib Beye will be hoping for a vital away win in the Ligue 1 on Saturday night, as he takes his Rennes side to the Groupama Stadium to visit Lyon and Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every stats you could realistically need to make a sound selection is laid out below. Go between seventeen markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for each one.


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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Analysing our match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant stats, there's one market that seems hard to ignore for this meeting: both teams to score. In Lyon and Rennes we have two sides going head-to-head that can both score and concede, and we expect them to maintain that reputation on Saturday night. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.57.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lyon
50%
8/11-
Draw
23%
3/1-
Rennes
28%
10/3-
Draw 1-1
10%
7/1-
Lyon 2-1
9%
15/2-
Lyon 1-0
8%
9/1-
Lyon 2-0
7%
9/1-
Rennes 2-1
7%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Lyon 3-1
6%
12/1-
Rennes 1-0
5%
16/1-
Lyon 3-0
4%
14/1-
Draw 0-0
4%
16/1-
Lyon 3-2
4%
18/1-
Rennes 2-0
4%
22/1-
Rennes 3-1
3%
28/1-
Rennes 3-2
3%
28/1-
Lyon 4-1
3%
22/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
4/7-
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
11/8-
Home 1st Goal
52%
1/2-
Away 1st Goal
45%
13/8-
No 1st Goal
2%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
63%
4/7-
BTTS - No
37%
5/4-
BTTS - Home Win
28%
21/10-
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
11/2-
Home/draw
72%
1/5-
Away/draw
50%
21/20-
Home/away
77%
2/9-
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
11/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
4/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
10/3-
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
2/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
16/1-
Home DNB
66%
1/3-
Away DNB
43%
9/4-
Lyon win to nil
22%
5/2-
Rennes win to nil
11%
8/1-
Lyon / Lyon
30%
7/4-
Lyon / Rennes
3%
28/1-
Lyon / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Lyon
17%
4/1-
Draw / Rennes
9%
17/2-
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2-
Rennes / Lyon
4%
18/1-
Rennes / Rennes
12%
6/1-
Rennes / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lyon have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below in the table, having won 15, drawn 6 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Lyon have outscored their opponents by 57 goals to 43 goals.

Home League Performance

Lyon have played 14 games at home winning 9, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 30 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 18 goals at home.

Rennes are in 11th position in the Ligue 1 on 35 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 22 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Rennes have conceded 33 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lyon
Rennes
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2823505474 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-4A
l
 
3-1A
2
Monaco2916582253 
l
 
0-2A
May 11
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-2A
3
Marseille2916491652 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
3-2F
l
 
1-2F
May 18
4
Lyon Home2915681851 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
Apr 26
5
Lille2914871350 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
6
Strasbourg2914871150 
w
 
4-3A
l
 
4-2A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
7
Nice2913971748 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-2F
May 11
l
 
3-2A
8
Brest2913511144 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
9
Lens2912611042 
May 4
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
10
Auxerre2910811-238 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-3F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-0A
11
Rennes Away2911216435 
Apr 26
l
 
3-0A
-
-
12
Toulouse299713034 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-2A
May 4
13
Nantes287912-1430 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
14
Angers298615-1830 
May 18
w
 
0-3F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-3F
15
Reims297814-1129 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
16
Le Havre298318-3027 
w
 
4-2F
w
 
0-4F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-5F
17
St Etienne296617-3624 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 20
w
 
5-0F
w
 
0-2F
18
Montpellier294322-4515 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-4F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-4F
Win / draw / win form
3
Lyon have won 3 consecutive home league games
Lyon 4TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon2 - 1Lille
Lyon4 - 2Le Havre
Lyon2 - 1Brest
Lyon2 - 3PSG
Lyon4 - 0Reims
Lyon0 - 0Toulouse
Lyon1 - 0Montpellier
Lyon4 - 1Nice
Lyon1 - 0St Etienne
Lyon2 - 2Auxerre
Lyon2 - 0Nantes
Lyon2 - 3Marseille
Lyon4 - 3Strasbourg
Lyon0 - 2Monaco
Lyon2 - 1Strasbourg
Lyon3 - 2Monaco
Lyon4 - 3Brest
Lyon1 - 1Reims
Lyon0 - 3Lens
Lyon1 - 0Nice
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALyon3 - 1Auxerre
HLyon2 - 1Lille
ALyon2 - 4Strasbourg
HLyon4 - 2Le Havre
ALyon2 - 0Nice
HLyon2 - 1Brest
HLyon2 - 3PSG
ALyon4 - 1Montpellier
HLyon4 - 0Reims
ALyon2 - 3Marseille
ALyon1 - 1Nantes
HLyon0 - 0Toulouse
ALyon1 - 2Brest
HLyon1 - 0Montpellier
ALyon1 - 3PSG
ALyon3 - 0Angers
HLyon4 - 1Nice
ALyon1 - 1Reims
HLyon1 - 0St Etienne
ALyon1 - 1Lille
Rennes 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Le Havre1 - 5Rennes
Angers0 - 3Rennes
Lens1 - 0Rennes
Montpellier0 - 4Rennes
St Etienne0 - 2Rennes
Monaco3 - 2Rennes
Nice3 - 2Rennes
Nantes1 - 0Rennes
Lille1 - 0Rennes
Auxerre4 - 0Rennes
Brest1 - 1Rennes
PSG3 - 1Rennes
Reims2 - 1Rennes
Strasbourg3 - 1Rennes
Reims2 - 1Rennes
Metz2 - 3Rennes
Nantes0 - 3Rennes
Monaco1 - 0Rennes
Strasbourg2 - 0Rennes
Lille2 - 2Rennes
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARennes5 - 1Le Havre
HRennes0 - 1Auxerre
ARennes3 - 0Angers
ARennes0 - 1Lens
HRennes1 - 4PSG
ARennes4 - 0Montpellier
HRennes1 - 0Reims
HRennes0 - 2Lille
ARennes2 - 0St Etienne
HRennes1 - 0Strasbourg
ARennes2 - 3Monaco
HRennes1 - 2Brest
HRennes1 - 2Marseille
ARennes2 - 3Nice
HRennes2 - 0Angers
ARennes0 - 1Nantes
HRennes5 - 0St Etienne
ARennes0 - 1Lille
HRennes0 - 2Toulouse
ARennes0 - 4Auxerre
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Lyon since 2013
Lyon
Rennes
Goals: Scored
12
15
Games: Scored
7 / 11
7 / 11
Clean sheets
4 / 11
4 / 11
LYN
4
D
1
REN
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
2 - 3Rennes
Lyon3 - 1
2 - 4Rennes
Lyon1 - 0
0 - 1Rennes
0 - 2Rennes
0 - 2Rennes
Lyon1 - 0
1 - 2Rennes
Lyon2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Rennes since 2014
Rennes
Lyon
Goals: Scored
18
13
Games: Scored
8 / 11
9 / 11
Clean sheets
2 / 11
3 / 11
LYN
4
D
3
REN
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rennes
Rennes3 - 0
0 - 1Lyon
Rennes3 - 2
Rennes4 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Lyon
1 - 2Lyon
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Lyon
Rennes2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Lyon have been steady in attack of late, finding the net in 10 consecutive Ligue 1 outings. Their PG of 1.8 against Rennes on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Lyon 4th Rennes 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that Lyon will score 1 or more goals
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 74% probability that Rennes will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Lyon have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
+19
Rennes have scored 19% more goals when away than predicted
2.1
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season
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Lyon
PG (predicted goals)
Rennes
1.9
1.3
Attack rating
19%
better
LYN
REN
view stats
Games scored25
22
Failed to score4
7
Scored first16
14
Goals scored57
43
Avg. goals scored2
1.5
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for21
16
Avg. XG for1.7
1.5
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
6%
better
LYN
REN
view stats
Games conceded20
19
Clean sheets9
10
Conceded first11
15
Goals conceded39
39
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against13%
17%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+6%

Lyon v Rennes Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
281197
L PerriA LacazetteR CherkiD Caleta-Car
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Perri GLK28
1
-
G Mikautadze FWD2884
1
-
C Tolisso MID2764
4
-
A Maitland-Niles DEF2613
1
-
M Niakhaté DEF25
-
C Mata DEF253
4
-
A Lacazette FWD25112
3
-
N Matić MID241
1
-
R Cherki MID2479
3
-
M Fofana FWD2444
1
-
E Nuamah FWD2331
2
-
J Veretout MID222
4
-
N Tagliafico DEF1931
6
-
T Tessmann MID19
3
-
D Caleta-Car DEF151
7
-
Abner DEF1511
1
-
S Kumbedi DEF11
1
-
T Almada MID1012
1
-
W Omari DEF1
-
P Akouokou MID1
-
Rennes Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
261376
A KalimuendoA KalimuendoL BlasL Assignon 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Truffert DEF2711
3
-
A Kalimuendo FWD27133
2
-
L Assignon  DEF2624
6
-
H Hateboer DEF25
3
-
L Blas FWD2467
5
-
A Matusiwa MID23
3
-
C Wooh DEF19
5
1
J James MID191
4
-
S Mandanda GLK17
-
M. Nagida DEF132
1
-
A Gomez FWD131
-
B Samba GLK11
3
-
M. Faye DEF11
1
1
A Seidu DEF11
4
-
S Fofana MID1111
3
-
L Brassier DEF81
-
I Koné MID811
-
D. Cisse MID81
3
-
J Jacquet DEF61
-
K Olaigbe FWD61
-
M Tamari FWD6
-
A Rouault DEF5
1
-
K Furuhashi FWD5
-
N Ahamada MID3
-
G Gallon GLK1
-
A. Sishuba MID1
-
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