Lyon vs Rennes Prediction & Betting Tips (26 April)

Olympique Lyonnais has had a last cataclysmic week. A first sporting crisis for coach Paulo Fonseca who saw his team, ahead of two goals on the lawn of Manchester United, conceded three at the end of extension leading to his elimination in the quarterfinals of the Europa League. The derby on Sunday in Saint-Etienne was an opportunity to put the heads back in the Ligue 1. final sprint. But here, after being mischievous the game and was injured by an arbitration error, the Rhone club lost to Geoffroy-Guichard 2-1, wiping a new major underperformance. After 6th in the classification, he finds himself three points from the 3rd position, the last offering a direct qualification for the Champions League .

 10th with 38 points, the Stade Rennais is too far from the top 6 to aim for a European qualification and has enough ahead of the relegation to fear relegation. Maintaining, objective given to Habib Beye when he became the coach at the start of the year, is assured. The Rennes remain on a success on a river score in Le Havre 1-5 and another on their lawn in the Derby against Nantes 2-1 . However, they always have this tendency to be irregular in their results. 

Tolisso, an executive in Lyon in the midfield, came out on injury in the derby and forfeited. He thus joined the Nuamah winger on the side of which the season ended prematurely. At the same time, Paulo Fonseca hopes to find the experienced Matic (Middle) and his number 1 goalkeeper Perri. The Lyonnais lacked everything in Saint-Etienne to avoid defeat. Akouokou's replacement for Tolisso illustrated the deficiencies of his team. Lyon will try to find the way to victory based essentially on the creativity of Cherki (8 goals, 9 passes in L1) and the finish of Lacazette (12 achievements in L1) and Mikautadze (9 goals in the league).

 Rennes presents himself again without his defender Seidu, seriously injured and forfeited for the end of the season. He is a priori the only major absent for Habib Beye who can count on Blas again. The man with 6 goals and as many assists in the championship recovered from an injury and replayed against Nantes when he came into play. The top scorer of the red and black, Kalimuendo (14 achievements in Ligue 1), was defeated on penalty in the derby. However, it should be noted that the former Parisian has scored 3 goals on the last 2 trips.