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Nice vs Rennes: Prediction and Betting Tips with Odds 2.20
The first match in the French championship in 2025 will be between Nice and Rennes. On January 3, the teams will open the 16th round of Ligue 1. Who will be able to start the new year on a high note? The answer is in our forecast. Which event should you choose for your bet?
Command Analysis
Nice
FranceCurrent form
In the French championship, Nice plays with varying success, but in the last four matches they do not know defeat (two wins and two draws). After 15 rounds played with 24 points scored, Franck Hes protégés are in sixth place in the standings, lagging behind the top 5 by only one point. On their home field, the team plays very well and has not lost in Ligue 1 this season.
There is one not very pleasant moment. The team has quite a few players in the infirmary . For example, Moffie, Dante, Ndayshimie, Boga, Orakpo will not take part in the match, and Boudaoui and Kloss will also miss the match due to disqualification, and the participation of Locher and Abdel Monem is also questionable. Despite the large number of missing players, Nice is the favorite in the upcoming match. Well, there is nothing strange about this, because everyone knows that Rennes often fails away matches.
Disqualifications and injuries
Moffie, Dante, Ndayshimie, Boga and Orakpo are all injured. Lome and Abdel Monem are also questionable. Kloss and Boudaoui are also suspended.
Interesting trends for betting
- Nice have not lost a single match at home in the national championship this year
- The hosts have scored in 17 consecutive matches in front of local fans
- Nice have conceded in their last nine games
Approximate line-up: Bulka - Loshe, Rosario, Bombito, Bard - Diop, Camara, Ndombele - Bouanani - Laborde, Gessand.
Rennes
FranceCurrent form
As in the previous season, Rennes is again in the lower part of the league table, outside the top 10 (12th place). Jorge Sampaoli protégés finished their last match of the year on a high note, winning 2-0 against Angers. It is possible that the management will buy someone in the winter transfer window, because before the start of the season the goal was to fight for entry into European competitions, but after 15 rounds, the Red and Blacks are only four points ahead of the relegation zone.
Rennes last played on December 22 in the 1/32 finals of the French Cup against Bordeaux, winning the match with a score of 4:1. The weakest side of the visitors of the upcoming match is away games. In the last ten away matches, they managed to win only once, with seven defeats and two draws. Such poor performances on the road make the team an underdog in the upcoming match, and given how well the opponent plays on their home field, it will be difficult to argue with this assumption.
Disqualifications and injuries
Alemdar and Seydou will not take to the field due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Rennes won the last two matches
- The visitors have scored in three of the last four matches
- Rennes have failed to keep a clean sheet in three of their last five matches
Tentative line-up: Mandanda - Assignon, Faye, Estigor, Hatebourg, Truffer - Bla, James, Matusiwa, Guiri - Kalimuendo Muinga.
Trends
Bet Exact score 2:1
The hosts have won two of their last three games with this score.
7.70Rennes to score in the second half
In three of the last five meetings the bet was successful
1.77Nice to score in the second half
In four of the last five matches the bet came in
1.70Nice to win first half bet
In the last two head-to-head games, Nice went into the break leading
3.00Tip and bets
During the past part of the season, Rennes was able to beat only a representative of the fourth division, Bordeaux (4:1), in all tournaments. Nice, in turn, in front of local fans, lost only to Rangers in the Europa League (1:4) in all matches played this season. The hosts understand perfectly well that losing points with an opponent like Rennes is absolutely unacceptable, so we are inclined to believe that Franck Hes' protégés will seize the initiative on the football field from the first minutes and achieve another victory.
Our prediction is a victory for Nice with odds of 2.20
Bet on total
Nice are good in attack, but have difficulties in defense. In 15 matches, the hosts have scored 28 goals (almost two per game), but have conceded 19 times (more than one per game), and have not been able to keep a clean sheet for nine games in a row.
Also, face-to-face confrontations indicate that the meeting should not be boring, because in five of the last seven meetings both teams managed to score. We bet that this time there will be no zeros on the scoreboard.
Our prediction is both teams to score with odds of 1.74
Bet on corners
Over the course of five head-to-head matches in a row, the opponents alternate between encounters in which they serve more than ten corners for both, and then less. In the last match, 12 corners were awarded. Based on this, we will place another bet on the fact that this time there will be fewer corner flag deliveries.
Our prediction is total under 9.5 corners with odds of 1.71
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