Strasbourg vs Rennes Predictions

Strasbourg can edge Rennes at home

Strasbourg should be backed to beat Rennes at home in Ligue 1 on Sunday.

Rennes are two places above Strasbourg in the table, with both teams having won more games than they’ve lost this season. There have been 61 games between teams in the top half of Ligue 1 this season, and 36 (59%) have gone the way of the home team, for a profit of 28.79 points to a one-point level stake.

Strasbourg maintained their winning habit with a 3-1 victory over Nice two weeks ago, making it six wins in the ten matches in which they have been odds-on this season. Martial Godo scored the opener in the 28th minute, with Julio Enciso and Samir El Mourabet also notching.

Strasbourg have been impressive defensively at home this season, conceding just 10 goals in 14 Ligue 1 games – an average of 0.71 goals per game.

Strasbourg are in form, going for a third successive Ligue 1 win and having lost just one of their last seven home games. They have not tasted defeat in the league since February, when they lost away to Le Havre.

Strasbourg have been a real attacking threat in their matches against other top-half teams this season, scoring an impressive average of 1.62 goals a game in their 13 Ligue 1 games.

The visitors have struggled defensively of late, with Rennes failing to keep a clean sheet in three of their last four Ligue 1 games. They have conceded 26 goals away from home this season – an average of 1.86 goals per game from 14 matches.

With 19 of Rennes’ 29 Ligue 1 matches this season going over 2.5 goals, a 2-1 home win for Strasbourg is the correct-score pick in what could be an entertaining encounter.

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Edited by Mark Langdon