Rennes vs Angers Predictions

• Rennes have won five of their last seven league games
• Angers have taken just one point from their last three matches
• Esteban Lepaul has scored seven goals in his last eight appearances

Rennes to overpower fading Angers

Rennes returned from the international break with exactly the response Franck Haise demanded, edging a wild 4-3 Breton derby at Brest to stay firmly in the hunt for European football. That victory lifted them to seventh, just one point off the top six and two behind the leading quartet, and with six matches left they remain very much in the Champions League mix.

Before that, a loss to Lille and a flat 0-0 against Metz had hinted at turbulence, but Rennes’ attacking quality resurfaced in Brest — led by Esteban Lepaul, now top of the Ligue 1 scoring charts after his latest brace.

With defenders Przemyslaw Frankowski and Anthony Rouault set to start again after suspension and Arnaud Nordin expected to return to the squad, Haise’s side look strong again.

Lepaul can punish his former club

Angers, by contrast, have been drifting. Already safe in mid‑table and too far from the European race to threaten, they have taken just one point from their last three games and were thrashed 5-1 by Lens before the break.

A 0-0 draw with Lyon steadied things slightly, but their away form and injury issues — including the continued absence of Carlens Arcus — remain concerns.

With superior form, motivation and firepower, Rennes look well placed to win with room to spare. Back the home side to cover a -1 handicap as Haise’s men have done in three of their last seven games. Also take the in-form Estaban Lepaul to bag against his former club.