RC Lens vs Stade Rennais: Teams will exchange goals

Lens play host to Rennes in the 20th round of Ligue 1. Who will be the stronger side in this encounter? Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Lens has a good chance of catching up this season and making it through to the European competitions. Despite being in ninth place in the table, the team currently have 27 points and are only four points behind the top five. As for Lance's last two Ligue 1 games, they lost to Nantes (2:3) and Nice (1:2), but in the cup games, they beat Stade Poitevin (1:0) and dramatically beat Lille on penalties (3:2) in the week before.

Rennes have also shown quality football and sit in fourth place in the standings with 31 points. In theory, they could even contend for the Champions League. Like Lans, Rennes lost the last two rounds of the French Championship (1:2 to Nice and 1:2 to Monaco), and they beat Lorient with a score of 1:0 in the French Cup but then lost on penalties to Nancy on January 2.

In this encounter, we can't pick favourites. Lance has played very recently, but such a cup win will give them the strongest motivation. The opponents have no problems with their attacking play - 34 and 33 goals scored in 19 rounds, an excellent result (an average of 1.76 goals per game). We think playing on the exchange of goals and the Total Over is a logical decision. Prediction: Both teams will score.

• Both Teams To Score for 1.70
• Total Over (2.5) for 1.90
• Both Teams To Score In Both Halves for 9