Lyon vs Stade Rennais Preview 09/04/2023

Lyon vs Stade Rennais – 09/04/2023

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Lyon and Rennes will battle in Ligue 1 this weekend with each side presently sitting exterior of the European spots with hopes of getting nearer to the highest 5 with all three factors on the Groupama Stadium.

It has been yet one more battle for Lyon this season and they’re staring within the face of consecutive seasons with out European soccer until they’ll discover some consistency.

In reality, their marketing campaign has all however been summed up previously week alone after defeating the league leaders Paris Saint-Germain and shedding to Nantes within the French Cup semi-finals.

It does now imply all consideration turns to league motion for Laurent Blanc’s aspect, however the former PSG supervisor continues to be struggling to get a chime out of his aspect since taking the to the helm earlier within the season.

Now, the membership are down in ninth and will slip into tenth in the event that they fail to win right here and Lorient higher their consequence.

On the identical time, Lorient are degree on factors with Lorient (44) and Lyon are solely above them on objectives distinction. Lyon have now gained 12 video games from the 29 fixtures to date with 9 losses and eight attracts on the board too.

In reality, after additionally drawing with Nantes in Ligue 1 and drawing with Lille and Lorient too, oddly sufficient, the one victory Lyon have secured previously six weeks hsa come in opposition to PSG.

Rennes are heading into this sport having additionally defeated PSG in Paris simply previous to the worldwide break. Karl Toko Ekambi and Arnaud Kalimuendo each scored three minutes into the second half of the sport in a 2-0 victory within the capital.

Nonetheless, identical to Lyon, Bruno Genesio’s males fell proper again into the loss column with a 1-0 dwelling defeat to Lens final weekend.

Rennes are behind Lille by two factors within the race for fifth, and so they sit behind Monaco in fourth by seven factors. In actuality, their hopes of a Champions League end are very slim now and Rennes will merely be seeking to get again into the Europa League it appears.

Lyon have struggled at dwelling at occasions this season and in addition already misplaced a handful of video games on their very own patch. Forebet predicts a draw right here and for the sport to see below 2.5 objectives with each side set to battle in the direction of the top of the season of their European pursuits.