Lyon vs Rennes Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th April 2023

The Ligue 1 clash at Groupama Stadium on Sunday sees Lyon hosting opponents Rennes.

Lyon enter the match against Rennes hoping to gain some ground on the latter in Ligue 1 standings. A positive result could prove pivotal to their upcoming challenges this season.

Lyon scored 16 times, conceded nine and held on for four clean sheets in their last ten games.

Rennes managed a bearable 11 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.1 goals per game. They conceded ten goals in total, and while claiming five clean sheets, they conceded one goal an average per game.

Rennes got the better of Lyon in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-2 and 4-2, respectively.

Lyon vs Rennes Prediction

Lyon Form

Lyon went through their last three matches with a 1-1 draw against Nantes, a 0-1 win against PSG and a 1-0 defeat against Nantes. Lyon claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Ligue 1, which also saw them drawing three and losing two matches, in which they scored four and conceded five goals.

Rennes Form

Rennes added four points to their collection in their last three matches, which began with a 0-0 draw with Auxerre. A 0-2 win against PSG followed, before a 0-1 defeat against Lens in their most recent match. Rennes, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn one and lost three in their last six away in the Ligue 1.

Are Lyon good enough currently to justify the prices with the bookies, when they face Rennes at Groupama Stadium? It could be tight, but strength in squad and match history still makes the home side our choice in the betting market.

Lyon have taken 13 points from their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. They won three of these matches with a scoreline of 13 goals to 17. Rennes took 15 points from their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. They won four, scored 15 goals and conceded 19. Lyon show off a record of 12 wins, eight draws and nine defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Rennes are looking at 15 wins, five draws and nine defeats in the Ligue 1.

Lyon vs Rennes Stats

Lyon vs Rennes Squads

Lyon Squad

The 57-year-old Blanc will select the starting eleven against Rennes from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Ligue 1 this season:

Anthony Lopes (0/23), Kayne Bonnevie (0/0), Remy Riou (0/7), Castello Lukeba (1/26), Dejan Lovren (0/12), Henrique (0/4), Jerome Boateng (0/6), Malo Gusto (0/17), Nicolas Tagliafico (1/27), Sael Kumbedi (0/12), Sinaly Diomande (0/17), Thiago Mendes (1/24), Corentin Tolisso (0/22), Houssem Aouar (1/12), Jefferson (0/2), Johann Lepenant (1/24), Maxence Caqueret (1/27), Alexandre Lacazette (17/26), Amin Sarr (1/9), Bradley Barcola (4/19), Djibrail Dib (0/0), Moussa Dembele (3/22), Rayan Cherki (3/26).

Rennes Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 56 year-old Rennes manager Genesio will select his starting XI from these players:

Dogan Alemdar (0/3), Elias Damergy (0/0), Romain Salin (0/0), Steve Mandanda (0/27), Adrien Truffert (0/28), Arthur Theate (2/28), Birger Meling (0/21), Christopher Wooh (0/13), Djed Spence (0/8), Guela Doue (0/0), Hamari Traore (1/22), Jeanuel Belocian (0/2), Joe Rodon (1/14), Lorenz Assignon (0/6), Steven Moreira (0/0), Baptiste Santamaria (1/17), Benjamin Bourigeaud (3/28), Desire Doue (3/22), Flavien Tait (2/24), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/18), Lovro Majer (1/23), Warmed Omari (0/8), Xeka (0/8), Alan Do Marcolino (0/0), Amine Gouiri (9/27), Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (7/22), Ibrahim Salah (0/7), Jeremy Doku (1/20), Karl Toko Ekambi (5/28), Martin Terrier (9/16).

Lyon vs Rennes Team News

At the time of writing, Lyon have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Rennes on Sunday.

Corentin Tolisso, Henrique and Malo Gusto are missing from the squad, Lyon will field against Renneson Sunday.

Rennes are juggling with four absent players on this coming Sunday when travelling to Lyon.

Names like Martin Terrier, Lorenz Assignon, Desire Doue and Baptiste Santamaria most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Lyon.

Lyon vs Rennes Lineups

Lyon vs Rennes H2H

The late encounter in the Ligue 1 between these two teams was a belter of a 3-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Sunday? All in all, Rennes have a fine reading on Lyon in previous seasons with a 6-1-3 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Rennes to win this match at best price odds of 12/5.

Lyon vs Rennes Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Lyon and Rennes. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 10/11 with bookies.

Lyon vs Rennes Betting Tips

Alexandre Lacazette has three strikes in six Ligue 1 matches for Lyon, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Rennes. The visitors are looking to Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga, who has provided his team with three Ligue 1 goals.

Lyon racked up four wins from a possible 10 across all tournaments at Groupama Stadium, drew three and lost three. Rennes won three of their previous 10 away, drew one and lost six times. Rennes managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played away from home. Meanwhile, Lyon were first on target in four of their last 10 outings on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Lyon managed an average of 1.1 goals, with Rennes averaging 1.9 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Lyon scored an average of 1.9 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Rennes, who managed to score 1.4 times in those matches.