Rennes vs Paris FC - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to bounce backmost from past weekend’s defeat, top-four hopefuls Rennes invited Paris FC to Roazhon Park for the penultimate fixture of the 2026 Ligue 1 campaign.

The Red and Blacks participate this brushwood connected the backmost of a 4-2 nonaccomplishment distant astatine Lyon connected Sunday, the aforesaid time the Blues enactment 4 past Brest.

Match preview

Although Rennes were faced with a tricky trial astatine an in-form Lyon broadside sitting conscionable 1 constituent supra them successful the contention for a nonstop Champions League qualification spot, winning each of their erstwhile 4 games was capable to supply added information for the Red and Blacks, who would person moved into 3rd with victory.

Franck Haise's men really showed committedness by taking an aboriginal pb done Mousa Tamari's stunning volley, but they yet near the Groupama Stadium empty-handed, having fallen down earlier the break, with Esteban Lepaul's 48th-minute equaliser proving small much than a little reprieve arsenic Les Rouge et Noirs conceded 2 further goals afterwards.

That effect prevented Rennes from securing a historical 5th consecutive distant triumph successful the French apical formation portion besides bringing an extremity to their five-match unbeaten tally (W4, D1), leaving them 5th successful the Ligue 1 table, 4 points adrift of the apical 3 and 2 down fourth-placed Lille, with Monaco and Marseille besides breathing down their necks.

Victory this play could spot the Black and Reds ascent into fourth, particularly with Lille facing a hard travel to Monaco, and Haise and co. tin gully assurance from their caller location form, having won 4 of their past six league matches astatine Roazhon Park (D1, L1).

There is besides nary getting distant from the information that Rennes person been awesome successful onslaught of late, with the hosts scoring 2 oregon much goals successful each of their past 5 outings, portion their tally of 56 league goals is bettered lone by Paris Saint-Germain (70), Lens (61) and Marseille (59).

Paris person besides looked crisp successful the last 3rd successful caller weeks, having scored 3 oregon much goals successful 4 of their past six outings, including past weekend’s emphatic 4-0 triumph implicit Brest astatine Stade Jean-Bouin, wherever Rudy Matondo netted a brace alongside strikes from Willem Geubbels and Luca Koleosho.

That effect served arsenic the cleanable effect to Les Bleus’ narrow decision to Lille the erstwhile game, lasting arsenic the superior club’s lone nonaccomplishment successful the past 10 league outings, a spell successful which they person won 5 matches aft antecedently going 5 consecutive without triumph (D4, L1).

Paris’ resurgence has lifted them to 11th successful the array and comfortably wide of danger, though European qualification is present beyond reach, leaving Antoine Kombouare’s broadside focused connected securing a top-half finish, with conscionable 1 constituent separating them from ninth-placed Lorient.

A resilient distant tally should besides supply encouragement for Les Bleus, who are unbeaten successful their past six league games connected the roadworthy (W1, D5), with their lone triumph successful that series coming successful their astir caller travel against bottom-placed Metz.

However, Paris person struggled successful this fixture historically, failing to triumph immoderate of their erstwhile 5 meetings with Rennes (D2, L3), including a 1-0 decision successful November’s reverse fixture astatine Stade Jean-Bouin.
 

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Team News

Rennes are apt to stay without Liverpool-bound Jeremy Jacquet, who has been sidelined with a enarthrosis wounded since February, portion chap defender Przemyslaw Frankowski remains a large uncertainty owed to a musculus issue, and Arnaud Nordin could miss a 3rd successive outing.

Lepaul’s onslaught against Lyon was his league-leading 19th of the campaign, with the French guardant present scoring successful 3 consecutive appearances heading into this encounter.

As for Paris, Pierre-Yves Hamel and Julien Lopez stay sidelined owed to calf and backmost injuries, respectively, though Pierre Lees-Melou is disposable again aft serving suspension.

Ilan Kebbal, who leads Les Bleus with 9 league goals, is expected to proceed successful the fig 10 relation down Geubbels, who could beryllium handed consecutive starts for the archetypal clip since January pursuing his extremity against Brest.
 

Rennes imaginable starting lineup:

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

Paris FC imaginable starting lineup:

Trapp; Traore, Coppola, Mbow, Sangui; Munetsi, Matondo; Ikone, Kebal, Simon; Geubbels

We say: Rennes 2-1 Paris FC

Although Rennes suffered decision successful their astir caller outing, their wide signifier has inactive been impressive, and facing a Paris broadside with small near to play for places the hosts successful a beardown presumption to respond positively.

The visitors are besides enjoying an fantabulous tally and should marque things difficult, but the Red and Blacks’ ascendant caller grounds successful this fixture could beryllium decisive successful what should beryllium a intimately contested encounter.
 

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