Nice vs Rennes - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking consecutive victories astatine Allianz Riviera for the archetypal clip this century, Rennes volition look Nice successful a Ligue 1 gathering connected Saturday.

Both teams participate this contention successful coagulated form, with Nice moving up to 10th aft a 2-1 triumph astatine Brest, portion Stade Rennais beryllium 2nd aft 8 matchdays, blanking Strasbourg 3-0 past week.

Match preview

Unlike a play ago, a mediocre commencement to this run has not wholly crippled Nice domestically successful 2026-27.

The squad that staved disconnected relegation done the playoffs a play agone person won 3 of their past 4 league fixtures, aft going winless successful their archetypal four.

With Olivier Pantaloni astatine the helm, this squad person not mislaid astatine location successful this campaign, conceding a extremity oregon less successful those 4 encounters.

On Saturday, they tin assertion 3 successive Ligue 1 victories astatine Allianz Riviera for the archetypal clip since winning their past 3 home location games successful the 2024-25 season.

While they person been crisp defensively, particularly astatine home, Nice person lacked creativity going forward, ranked 3rd from the bottommost successful Ligue 1 regarding large chances (16).

At the aforesaid time, Les Aiglons person won 3 of their past 4 meetings versus Rennes astatine Allianz Riviera, with the past 1 occurring successful 2025 (3-2).

Franck Haise could not beryllium happier to beryllium distant from Nice, with the manager thriving since joining Stade Rennais past season.

The erstwhile Lens brag had a miserable spell successful confederate France past season, and was sacked adjacent the extremity of 2025 aft Nice suffered six consecutive Ligue 1 defeats.

Since taking complaint of Rennes past February, Haise has mislaid a specified 5 home encounters, 4 distant from home.

Stade Rennais caput into matchday 9 conscionable a constituent beneath Paris Saint-Germain for first, though they are lone 3 supra Lens, with the second presently extracurricular the European places.

The Brittany nine volition effort to drawback a four-game winless tally distant from location crossed each competitions connected Saturday, having conceded a full of 10 goals successful those past 3 encounters.

Les Rennais person scored successful their past 5 Ligue 1 meetings against Nice, thumping them 4-0 successful Haise’s archetypal lucifer backmost to Allianz Riviera successful March.

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Team News

A limb wounded whitethorn forestall Ali Abdi from featuring for Nice connected Saturday, Moise Bombito is recovering from a lower-leg fracture, portion Salis Abdul Samed and Jonathan Clauss are questionable owed to knocks.

We volition not spot Antoine Mendy oregon Laurent Abergel connected the tract arsenic they proceed to retrieve from cruciate ligament tears.

Elye Wahi and Sofiane Diop netted second-half strikes astatine Brest, to cancel retired the opening extremity by Ludovic Ajorque.

On the Rennes side, their starring goalscorer Esteban Lepaul remains questionable with an ankle injury, having missed their past lucifer for that reason.

In his absence, the squad started with 2 strikers up apical against Strasbourg, Boulaye Dia and Musa Al-Taamari, with the erstwhile netting the winning goal.

Sebastian Szymanski added a brace portion Brice Samba made 2 stops, collecting his 2nd cleanable expanse of the Ligue 1 campaign.

Nice imaginable starting lineup:

Diouf; Seidu, Ndayishimiye, Abdelmonem; Koutoune, Boudaoui, Witsel, Nkounkou; Hein, Diop; Wahi

Rennes imaginable starting lineup:

Samba; Ait Boudlal, Cresswell, Rouault; Frankowski, Cisse; Szymanski, Rongier, Camara; Dia, Al-Taamari

We say: Nice 1-2 Rennes

Despite Rennes’ struggles distant from home, they person been resilient nether Haise, and we deliberation Nice volition conflict to incorporate a broadside with plentifulness of extent and equilibrium similar Stade Rennais.

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