Rennes vs Nice Prediction, Betting Tips & Preview

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Taimoor Khan Oct 13, 2015 @ 02:40 pm

An entertaining encounter is expected when Stade Rennais lock horns with in-form OGC Nice at Roazhon Park on Sunday, October 18.

Fourth placed Stade Rennais take on 8^th placed OGC Nice, who have played a game less than their Sunday’s opponents coming into gameweek 10. Rennais have impressed everyone with a string of impressive performances both at home and away in the 2015-16 Ligue 1 campaign. Les Rouges et Noirs have 16 points after nine game with 4 wins, 4 draws and only one defeat.

However, after a good start to the season, things have gone a little dull for Philippe Montanier’s side. The hosts have not won a game in their last four league outings and their last win came against FC Nantes back in early September in the gameweek 5. Since then, Rennais have not won a game and all of their four games have ended in 1-1 draws.

Their last league game was against AS Monaco away from home, where despite going a goal up late in the first half, they failed to secure a victory and were soon punished for that with Monaco finding an equaliser through Wallace in the 51^st minute. The bosses at the club would be hoping to end that pattern by securing a win at the expense of OGC Nice on Sunday.

The Cote d’Azur side however, will not make it easy for the hosts. Despite playing a game less than other teams in the league, Les Aiglons have 14 points on the table with an impressive goal difference of +9, which is second only to Paris Saint-Germain, who have a goal difference of +14. OGC Nice have won 4 of their 8 games this season, drawing 2 and losing 2 in the process. After a slow start to season, Claude Puel’s men have turned their fortunes around and are coming in this game on the back of an impressive run of form. They have won their previous three games in Ligue 1 with great margin. They won their last Ligue 1 game against Saint-Etienne with a margin of 4-1, while before that they defeated Bordeaux 6-1.

Former Newcastle player, Hatem Ben Arfa has been the standout performer for the visitors so far with 6 goals to his name in all competitions, followed by Valere Germain with 4 goals. The team is running high on confidence and it would take a lot of hard work and some luck from Stade Rennais if they want to get something out of the game on Sunday. OGC Nice’s delayed game from gameweek 9 against FC Nantes will now be played on 4^thNovember.

STADE RENNAIS FC

Stats: W-4 D-4 L-1           

Recent Form: DDDDW

OGC NICE

Stats:W-4 D-2 L-2

Recent Form: WWWLD

Possible Line-ups:

STADE RENNAIS FC–DIALLO, MBENGUE, MENDES, MOREIRA, DIAGNE, ARMAND, BAAL, DOUCOURE, HENRIQUE, ANDRE, NTEP

OGC NICE– HASSEN, MARCHAND, PEREIRA, BODMER, SERI, MALLMANN, MENDY, KOZIELLO, BEN ARFA, GERMAIN, PIED

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