Lyon vs Rennes - prediction, team news, lineups

A lucifer with immense European implications successful Ligue 1 will spot Lyon hosting Rennes astatine Groupama Stadium connected Sunday.

Heading into this weekend, OL beryllium 3rd successful the array acknowledgment to a constrictive 3-2 decision implicit Auxerre, putting them a constituent supra Rennes, who are 5th pursuing a 2-1 triumph versus Nantes.

Match preview

It appears arsenic though Lyon are peaking astatine the cleanable clip successful their quest for an automatic spot successful the League Phase of the adjacent Champions League.

Paulo Fonseca’s men caput into this upcoming fixture narrowly supra Lille for that last automatic spot, acknowledgment to their existent three-match Ligue 1 winning run.

They person a accidental to adjacent their longest winning streak domestically this play astatine Groupama Stadium with different triumph this weekend.

Eight times successful 2025-26, this squad person maintained a cleanable expanse successful the top-flight astatine home, 3 of which occurred this year.

Since the commencement of the 2022-23 season, Olympique Lyonnais person won six of their 7 home location matches successful May, with their lone decision implicit that agelong coming against Lens successful 2025 (2-1).

Les Gones person won 2 of their erstwhile 3 location meetings against Rennes successful this competition, collecting a convincing 4-1 triumph successful this nonstop fixture past season.

Another broadside that person travel to beingness successful this run is Stade Rennais, who person adjusted flawlessly to Franck Haise’s tactical approach.

The erstwhile Nice and Lens manager has a 100% grounds distant from location since taking complaint of this squad successful February.

In their past 4 top-flight distant matches, the Brittany nine person emerged victorious, outscoring those 4 opponents by a combined borderline of 14-3.

If they tin cod astatine slightest 4 points from their remaining 3 league contests, they volition ace the 60-point plateau for the 3rd clip successful Ligue 1 this decade.

They person a accidental connected Sunday to triumph an eighth home matter arsenic the visitors this season, which would beryllium doubly arsenic galore arsenic they managed successful the erstwhile campaign.

Les Rennais person won 3 of their past 4 Ligue 1 meetings with Lyon, scoring astatine slightest 3 goals successful those 3 triumphs.

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Team News

An ankle contented volition support Malick Fofana and Remi Himbert disconnected the tract for Lyon, Ernest Nuamah is retired with a cruciate ligament teardrop and Orel Mangala has a knock.

Roman Yaremchuk netted a brace for them past Saturday, with Corentin Tolisso besides uncovering the people successful that constrictive triumph.

At Rennes, a musculus strain is apt to forestall Przemyslaw Frankowski from featuring connected Sunday, portion Jeremy Jacquet is doubtful arsenic helium recovers from a enarthrosis injury.

Esteban Lepaul scored his league-leading 18th of the run past week, with Valentin Rongier notching the victor successful stoppage time.

Lyon imaginable starting lineup:

Greif; Maitland-Niles,, Mata, Niakhate, Abner; Tessmann, Morton; Endrick, Tolisso, Moreira; Yaremchuk

Rennes imaginable starting lineup:

Samba; Seidu, Boudlal, Brassier, Merlin; Blas, Rongier, Camara; Al-Taamari, Embolo, Lepaul

We say: Lyon 1-2 Rennes

These teams are hitting their stride and feeling confident, but we similar the momentum Rennes are connected a small spot much and we judge the dynamic finishing of Lepaul volition springiness them a flimsy edge.

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