Toulouse vs Stade Rennes Prediction: A draw on the cards?

Toulouse and Stade Rennes have to be among the poor teams according to current form and statistics. Now they face each other and a win for either side will do them a whole lot of good and another defeat for either side might see them drop even further down the table.

 Toulouse are currently at home and they are without a win in their last 8 league matches, with their last win almost 2 months ago against Metz FC. While Stade Rennes have failed to maintain a consistent winning run, as they won only 1 out of their last 8 matches.

 With relegation looming around both clubs, both clubs need a win, which makes this game more interesting than usual.

Toulouse are playing at home and it would be interesting to see if that can be enough motivation for them to break off the losing cycle. Toulouse have lost 4 and drawn 4 of their last 8 matches in a row, and this is the sort of stats that ends a team in the Ligue 2.

 Their last match against Olympique Lyon ended in a 3:0 defeat at full-time. Despite Lyon lying at the very bottom of the league table, it came as a little surprise that they pulled off a scoreline against Toulouse, as they offered little resistance in that game. Alexandre Lacazette was man of the match for scoring Lyon’s 3 goals in the 25th, 29th and 80th minutes.

 Toulouse remain in 15th spot on the league table, with 13 points from 15 matches played. They had 2 wins, 7 draws, and 6 defeats.

 Toulouse lost this fixture on this ground last season, as they defeated Stade Rennes by 3 goals to 1.

Stade Rennes knows they need to do better than they are right now or else they might end up in the Ligue 2 by the end of the season. Stade Rennes have lost their last 2 league matches against Olympique Marseille and AS Monaco. And they won only 1 of their last 5 league matches.

 Rennes and AS Monaco played a close match last weekend and AS Monaco won at the end but lost a player to a red card during the game. AS Monaco drew first blood in the 51st minute before losing Vanderson to a red card in the 74th minute. 10 minutes later, Monaco doubled their lead and Stade Rennes got a scoring chance from the penalty spot in the 90th minute. And Benjamin Bourigeaud scored the spot kick for Rennes.

 Rennes are now in 13th place on the league table, with 15 points from 15 league games. They had 3 wins, 6 draws, and 6 defeats so far this season.

Stade Rennais and Toulouse have played 20 matches against each other in the past. Rennes won 10 matches, while Toulouse won 6, and 4 matches ended in a draw.

Performance-wise neither of these sides deserves consideration because it is almost impossible to pick out a winner.

However Analysis shows, Toulouse has not kept a clean sheet in their last 9 head-to-head meetings. They also scored more than 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 5 meetings and both teams scored in 8 of their last 9. Rennes also scored first in 5 of their last 6 and less than 4.5 cards were shown in 4 of their last 5 matches.

• Under 3 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Draw or Under 2.5 Goals at 1.72 Odds
• Draw FT at 3.50 Odds