Brest vs Rennes Prediction & Betting Tips (19 October)

Surprising 3rd in Ligue 1 last season and therefore qualified for the current Champions League campaign, Stade Brestois is currently struggling to manage the alternation between the championship and the European Cup. And it is on a national scale that this difficulty has repercussions. The Breton club is 11th, the fault of defeats on all its trips, three in number. Heavily beaten at Auxerre 0-3 at the end of September, SB29 however bounced back at home against Le Havre 2-0 just before the break. Eric Roy's men are at the same time virtually qualified for the round of 16 after two days played out of the eight on the program. They dominated Sturm Graz 2-1 and RB Salzburg 0-4 . Next meeting: Wednesday at home against Bayer Leverkusen.

 Rennes is not in its place after the first seven league matches. Indeed, SRFC is only 12th in the standings after accumulating 4 defeats and a draw, for only 2 victories. He was notably beaten on each of his trips, including the last one, at the end of September on the ground of PSG 3-1 , reigning French champions. This was followed by another disappointment just before the break, at home against a 1-2 Monaco team now at the top of the standings. Deprived of the European Cup this year, Julien Stéphan's Rennais must take advantage of it to recover over time in the rankings. They are lucky to be able to prepare each championship match with at least five days of interval from the previous meeting. 

Not really in his coach's plans in recent weeks, left back Amavi is not certain of being called up for this duel between Bretons. But he should still take advantage of the suspension of Haïdara, sent off against Le Havre before the international break, to find the group. In addition to this, the usual holder at left back Locko continues his convalescence in the same way as the interesting attacker Sima (3 goals in C1). On the other hand, midfielder Lees-Melou, absent from long-standing, finally made his return on the last day and he could even be expected to start. Del Castillo and Camara (2 goals each) are the best directors Brest in Ligue 1 alongside center forward Ajorque who scored against Le Havre. Stade Rennais will travel to Francis Le Blé without the Turkish goalkeeper Alemdar (21 years old), injured. He is not the only one to stay in the infirmary for this match since the Norwegian striker recruited this summer, Henrik Meister, is also too tight for this match.

Affected in a knee, Danish international Gronbaek is not guaranteed to be able to play. Finally, right side Assignon is suspended for this meeting. Otherwise, most of the captains of this team are well operational like the defender Seidu or Matusiwa and Santamaria environments. The playmaker of this team, Ludovic Blas (3 goals, 2 assists), is undoubtedly the main detonator of this squad, he who scored his 3rd goal of the season against Monaco with an exceptional strike. At the forefront, the scorer Kalimuendo (3 goals) should be preferred to the Algerian international Gouiri.