Marseille vs Rennes Free Betting Tips

The last chance match for Olympique de Marseille? This Saturday, the Phocéens will host the Stade Rennais at the Stade Vélodrome in order to put an end to a series of 4 consecutive defeats. While the Marseillais were virtually first in the championship in mid-December after their 2-1 victory over Monaco, André Villas-Boas’ men find themselves dumped, not only in the title race but also in the race for the title. podium and the Champions League! With 32 points on the clock, the gap with the 3rd place occupied by Olympique Lyonnais is 11 points, 8 if OM manages to win their last game late against Nice. A significant gap that will have to be overcome and this requires success against direct competitors, such as Rennes, which is presented this weekend.

5th in the championship, the Rennais have more than raised the bar after disastrous months of October and November on all fronts but remain in ambush of the Marseillais. If the latter win on Saturday, they will return to 1 length with one game less, and the race for Europe would then be completely restarted. It remains to be seen which face the two teams will display because Julien Stéphan’s men have just taken a blow behind the head by bowing to direct title contender, Lille (0-1), while OM is swimming in the middle internal crisis, and that it is rumoured that strong decisions were taken within the Marseille locker room. Starting with the vice-captain’s armband, which would have been given to Alvaro Gonzalez instead of a Dimitri Payet often replacing in recent weeks, and the penalties, which would have been attributed to the newcomer, Arkadiusz Milik …

Key stats for the match Marseille vs Rennes

OM is in great difficulty: only 1 victory in the last 9 days, and a series of 5 consecutive games without a win (including 4 defeats) in all competitions!
Marseille have only remained silent 3 times in 20 L1 games this season.
The Marseillais have only achieved 2 clean sheets in the last 11 days.
Rennes has been doing better since mid-December: 5 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat!
Rennes suffered a halt last week, losing at home to Lille (0-1). Julien Stéphan’s men working by cycle, beware of the return of the negative spiral.
Rennes remain on 4 consecutive trips without defeat, including 3 clean sheets, but the number of clean sheets remains blocked at 3 if we go back to the last 10 Rennes away games.
The first leg ended with a 2-1 home victory for Rennes.
OM very often scores against Rennes, and we have to go back to 2014 to find traces of a confrontation between the two teams without a Marseille goal, ie 15 matches.

This OM vs Rennes will he be the opportunity to bounce back for the Marseille club or will the Rennes push their direct competitor to Europe a little more? After the setback in Monaco, a new defeat against a contender for the podium would be problematic for the Phocéens, we see a disputed meeting and the bookmakers are also going in this direction! Both teams to score.

Betting Tips: Both teams to score
Odds: 2.00