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. 

The net has bulged at both ends in six of the previous nine Brest home matches in Ligue 1, and only one match have prevented the team in blue and white from scoring in their last ten games on their own patch. For their part, Brest have both scored and conceded during the same 91 minutes in nine of their last 15 away fixtures at this level.