Stade Rennais vs Stade de Reims Prediction: Reims can do the double.

Stade Rennais will take on Stade de Reims in the Roazhon Park for the 31st round of the Ligue 1 campaign. Rennes have a lot of worry on their hands as they have suffered defeats in their last 2 matches. Stade de Reims come into this match with a better record than the hosts. They were pegged to a draw in their last match against Brest, but they will be desperate to return to winning ways against a struggling Rennais team. Their previous meeting earlier this season ended in a 3-1 win for Reims on their home turf. Will they do the double or are Rennes going to have their revenge?

Things are going wrong for the Stade Rennais team and they will need to start picking up those wins if they must achieve their objectives at the end of the season. Stade Rennais have lost their last 2 games, they lost 1-0 to Lens and then lost 3-1 to Lyon in their last match. In their last 5 matches, they had 3 losses, 1 draw and 1 win. Against Lyon, Rennais were rewarded with an early goal through Amine Gouiri, but they lost their grip in the second half, as Lyon scored three goals to end the match 3-1. Rennes had 41% possession, 3 shots on target and 2 corner kicks according to statistics.

Rennais are ranked 6th on the Ligue 1 table, with 50 points taken from 30 matches played. They recorded 15 wins, 5 draws and 10 loses, and a goal ratio of 48:33.

Team streak: less than 2.5 goals (7/8), less than 4.5 cards (6/6), less than 10.5 corners (5/5).

Stade de Reims are the better team based on statistics. In their last 5 matches, Reims recorded 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Their latest match ended in a 1-1 draw with Brest on their home soil. Brest took the early lead through Pierre Lees Melou in just 6 minutes and Reims fought hard to draw level. They were rewarded with a spot kick in the 91st minute and Folarin Balogun wasted no time in drawing both sides level. Reims were clearly the better team on the pitch, as they had more possession (61%), more shots on target (7) and more corner kicks (6) at the end of regulation time.

Reims are currently in 8th spot and just 3 points behind the hosts here. They have 47 points from 30 matches after 11 wins, 14 draws and 5 loses and their goal ratio of 40:29.

Team streak: first to score (5/6), less than 4.5 cards (8/10), less than 10.5 corners (10/10).

Reims and Rennes have played each other 19 times before this match. Reims have 9 wins, while Rennes have 6 wins and 4 matches ended in a draw.

• Rennes are without a clean sheet in 17 meetings.
• There were more than 2.5 goals scored in 4/5 meetings.
• Both teams scored in 4/5 meetings.
• Reims were first to score in 8/9 meetings.
• There were less than 4.5 cards in 6/8 meetings.
• There were less than 10.5 corners in 7/8 meetings.

• Stade Rennes (4-2-3-1): Dogan Alemdar, Birger Meling, Arthur Theate, Warmed Omari, Hamari Traore, Lesley Ugochukwu, Baptiste Santamaria, Amine Gouiri, Lovro Majer, Benjamin Bourigeaud.
• Stade Reims (4-2-3-1): Yehvann Diouf, Thomas Foket, Emmanuel Agbadou, Yunis Abdelhamid, Thibault De Smet, Azor Matusiwa, Jens Cajuste, Junya Ito, Marshall Munetsi, Alexis Flips, Folarin Balogun.

Reims will be coming here with lots of confidence. They are better in terms of form and they are in high spirits. Rennes are in desperate need of a response and what better way to get it than this game. A lot is at stake considering the position of both teams on the table. So we can expect these sides to go all out for 3 points and one of these two is surely going to get it.

• Bet on 2nd Half Over 1 Goal at 1.60 Odds
• Bet on Both Teams to Score at 1.89 Odds
• Bet on More than 2.5 Goals at 1.98 Odds