Rennes vs Lens: what to expect from these teams?
We offer a prediction for Ligue 1 match between Rennes and Lens on August 8. What to expect from this match? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Rennes

In the previous season Rennes failed to put up a good performance in the Europa League and barely climbed to the Top-10 of Ligue 1. In 38 rounds Red-Whites recorded 16 victories and 10 draws, which brought them 58 points. With that result they finished on sixth position, which gave them a spot in the UEFA Conference League.
In the last rounds of the season hosts were beaten by Monaco (1:2), but then recorded a victory over Nimes (2:0). Team signed some new players in the off-season. For example, a former player of Rennes' today opponent, Loic Bade, was bought for €17 million. Kamaldeen Sulemana from Nordsjælland for €15 million and Birger Meling from Nimes for €3 million

Lens

In the previous campaign Lens put up a great performance in their first season back at Ligue 1, not only they managed to keep their Ligue 1 spot, they have recorded 15 wins and 12 draws in 38 rounds, which brought Blood and Golds 57 points and seventh spot, right behind their today opponent.
After a victory over Dijon visitors had three consecutive defeats and finished the season with a draw against Monaco (0:0), which we had a prediction on. Club was active on the transfer market and signed Gael Kakuta from Amiens for €5 million, Kevin Danso from Augsburg for €5,5 million and Przemyslaw Frankowski from Chicago for €3 million
Trends
СтавкаCorrect score 2:1
Rennes won 2 out of 4 most recent head-to-head matches

СтавкаGoals in both halves - yes
In four most recent matches of Lens goals were scored in both halves

СтавкаCorners: total under 9,5
This bet won in 2 out of 3 most recent matches of Rennes

Tip and bets
Start of the season will bring some motivation to both teams, especially since opponents are pretty even on class, as we saw in the previous season. We think that hosts will be more successful in this game, because they have some exciting new players and they played well on pre-season friendlies.
Our prediction - Rennes to win
Head-to-head games between these teams rarely ends with a high score. We are not expecting many goals in this match, opponents will probably score only one or two goals.
Our second bet is on total under 2,5 goals