Rennes vs Marseille Prediction & Betting Tips (17 March)

After a very average first part of the season, Stade Rennais found very good colors during the first weeks of competition played after the winter break. The Bretons then went on to win a series of victories to the point of ideally putting themselves back in the race for Europe. But since their last victory against Clermont 3-1, Julien Stéphan's men have slowed down. Held to a close draw by PSG 1-1 at the Parc des Princes, the Rouge et Noir were then surprised by Lorient at home 1-2 before being joined, once again at the very end of the match, by Lille, last weekend 2-2. Also, the Bretillians now find themselves in 8th position with 4 points behind the European top 6. Opposite, OM are on cloud nine since the arrival on their bench of Jean-Louis Gasset, who came to replace at short notice Gennaro Gattuso after a last setback suffered in Brest in numerical superiority 1-0 almost a month ago now.

Completely liberated, the Phocaeans have just scored 5 victories in a row in all competitions. In Europe, they were first able to overcome Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 before outclassing Villarreal 4-0 in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League. On the other hand, they scared themselves on Thursday evening by losing on the pitch of the Yellow Submarine 3-1 but they were still able to preserve their qualification. On the national scene, the Olympians are also in great form with 3 very convincing victories obtained against Montpellier 4-1, Clermont 1-5 and Nantes 2-0 last weekend. Following this series, the Marseillais returned to 7th place, only a short distance from 6th place.

Absent for several months now, the Swiss midfielder Rieder and the excellent starting midfielder Le Fée will still not be fit for this shock. The young Nagida is also absent and he is not expected to play again this season. Out injured in Lille, Belgian defender Theate is also missing. Good news, however, for Julien Stéphan with the return from suspension of the very promising Désiré Doué. The Breton coach should once again rely on the excellent Bourigeaud (6 goals, 2 assists), striker Martin Terrier (5 goals in 2024) and center forward Kalimuendo (6 goals), scorer last week just like the sometimes criticized Blas (4 goals). Also watch out for the Algerian Gouiri (5 goals). The Marseille group should be deprived of midfielder Rongier, the important defender Gigot and the replacements Murillo and Nadir who are all out of form at the moment.

Also absent are replacement goalkeeper Ngapandouetnbu and winter recruit Onana. Not registered in C3, midfielder Pape Gueye and winter recruits Onana and Garcia could this time be called up for this trip to Roazhon Park. Very effective recently, Gabonese Aubameyang never stops scoring with 8 goals scored in his last 5 matches in all competitions. The former Stéphanois now has 11 goals on the clock in Ligue 1. Behind him, it's a bit of a desert even if the Senegalese Ndiaye and Sarr have 3 goals each.