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Rennes hosts Lorient in the 13th round of the French Ligue 1, a traditional derby. Bookmakers see it as a close game but it might not be the case.
Rennes is climbing in the standings after a run of good results recently … in the last 4 matches they won 2 and made 2 draws and climbed up to the 11th place after a not so good start. Very impressive for Rennes is especially the fact that they won the last 3 games at home … 2-0 vs Lens, 2-0 vs Lille and last time 2-1 vs. Ligue 1 leaders Marseille … so Rennes played really strong teams and still got some excellent results. Last week Rennes made a draw at Nantes, 1-1. For today Rennes will not have Ola Toivonen and Christian Bruls. Fallou Diagne is a question mark.
Bet on Rennes – Lorient with the best Ligue 1 odds at Pinnacle Sports.
Lorient on 18th place and the way they are playing they might have problems with relegation. Lorient lost the last 3 games in Ligue 1 and 7 of the last 8! They have the most defeats in France, tied with Guingamp and Evian. In the last weekend Lorient played with PSG and lost 1-2 (did not play bad at all) after few days before they got a rare win in the cup … 2-1 vs Evian. Countadeur, Traore, Quercia and Diallo are all unavailable for Lorient ahead of this match.
Lorient showed some signs of improvement in the last two games but are still far from good form and they visit a team who is absolutely on fire. I am very surprised that Rennes to win has odds of evens and for sure the price will drop, it is already dropping. I can see another solid performance at home for Rennes and for sure Lorient is not the team to break their run. With better form and home court advantage Rennes should win … they are also the better side in quality, pretty much have all arguments to get three points today … so my tip is a simple and confident home win even if it is a derby match. Correct score prediction: Rennes – Lorient 2-0.
Pick: Rennes
Odds: 1.99 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 7.92
Event date: 7 November
