Stade Rennes vs RC Lens Prediction: Lens have no room for caution

Stade Rennes lock horns with RC Lens for the final time this season at Roazhon Park. Rennes and Lens played a 1-1 draw in the first leg and now both sides will hope to get a win over the other. There's currently only 4 points separating both sides on the table and both sides have the opportunity to improve their position on the table by the end of the season. But first, they must win here in order to do that. Both clubs have not had a stable streak and they both had a win in their last matches. 

According to the current ranking, RC Lens are 6th with 49 points while Stade Rennes are 8th with 45 points. 

Stade Rennes are racing to finish the season on a high and a win in the remaining 2 games will be just the way to go. A good result also gives them the edge to qualify for the Europa Conference League, if OGC Nice fail to win theirs. Stade Rennes is only 2 points behind Nice and 2 points ahead of Olympique Lyon. So, it's a win or drop situation for Rennes. Rennes lost 3 of their last 5 games, winning just 2. And their overall record is: 12 wins, 9 draws and 11 defeats. 

Stade Rennes completed a comeback to beat Metz FC 3-2 last weekend. They conceded twice in the first half while Amine Gouiri pulled one goal back in the 23rd minute. And in the second half, Benjamin Beauregard (73’) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (93’) both scored and they conceded once, to end the game 3-2. According to stats, Rennes had 65% possession, 9 shots on target and 5 corner kicks. 

RC Lens need more than 1 win to keep their place in the conference league. They've had a poor run for quite some time and only managed to win their last game against Lorient. However, they need to keep on winning or fall behind to 7th place behind Olympique Lyon. Results from Lens’ last 5 league games shows they had 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. And their overall record is: 14 wins, 7 draws and 11 defeats.

RC Lens beat Lorient 2-0 in an effort to keep their Conference League place. Elye Wahi opened the scoring in the 57th minute and David Pereira Da Costa scored the second goal in the 81st minute to seal the 2-0 win. According to stats, Lens had 57% possession, 6 shots on target and 4 corners.

According to the h2h, in the last 20 matches between both clubs, Stade Rennes won 7 matches while RC Lens won 5 and 8 matches ended in a draw.

Stade Rennes and RC Lens will consider the season a success if they can qualify for any of Europe's competition next season. Lens is currently heading to the Conference League but face Olympique Lyon and Rennes can push into that spot by winning. It's a must-win game for 2 misfits and we can expect an exciting spectacle from both teams. 

RC Lens are unbeaten in the last 7 games against Stade Rennes and Rennes are without a clean sheet in the last 5 games. 8 of the last 9 meetings ended with less than 2.5 goals. Lens scored first in 4 of the last 5 meetings and the last 5 meetings ended with less than 4.5 cards. 

• Stade Rennes or RC Lens to Win and Over 1.5 Goals at 1.69 Odds
• 3 Way Total Under 3 Goals at 1.994 Odds
• Over 8 Corners at 1.66 Odds