Rennes vs Metz Prediction 22 March 2026
🔊 The home team this season isn't chasing the title, but they are clearly eyeing a spot in the European competition zone. Meanwhile, Metz are the prime candidates for relegation, with little hope for a miracle. Rennes desperately need a win in this matchup, but will the bottom team in the French league give their opponents such an opportunity? Let's take a look at the pre-match scenarios.
Head-to-Head
📊 Metz have proven to be an incredibly favorable opponent for Rennes. This isn't surprising given the disparity in team quality, but the length of Rennes' winning streak is remarkable. Since 2019, Metz have been unable to defeat Rennes, who have secured eight consecutive victories during this period. This season, they managed a narrow win with a 1-0 scoreline.
Head-to-head statistics Rennes - Metz
Stade Rennes Team Overview
⚫ The hosts of the upcoming match currently sit in seventh place in the Ligue 1 standings. Rennes have accumulated 43 points over 26 matches and are eyeing a spot in the Champions League zone, trailing by just four points. A victory could propel the team into the top five, while a defeat would not alter their position in the French league table.
🔴 Rennes have performed impressively over their last five matches, winning four consecutive games. However, their streak was marred by the recent clash against Lille. Rennes fell 1-2 at home, with Lille's Fernandez-Pardo opening the scoring just two minutes into the match. Lille doubled their lead two minutes after the second half whistle, courtesy of Haraldsson. Rennes managed to respond with a goal from Lepoil in the 59th minute.
Match Results: Stade Rennes
Metz Team Overview
🔴 This season, Metz have been struggling, losing the vast majority of their matches. They've managed to collect just 13 points, and unsurprisingly, the team sits at the bottom of the Ligue 1 table in 20th place. Even a victory won't lift Metz up a single spot, and a loss in their upcoming game won't change their standing either.
⚪ Metz have lost their last five matches against all their opponents. These include defeats to Auxerre (1-3), PSG (0-3), Brest (0-1), and Lens (0-3). The most intriguing match was their recent clash against Toulouse at home. The game was incredibly thrilling-by the 14th minute, Toulouse were up 2-0, but just 17 minutes later, the score was level at 2-2. Towards the end of the first half, Toulouse regained the lead. In the 88th minute, it seemed Metz had broken their losing streak with a goal from Abouashvili, but in the dramatic 90+9th minute, Toulouse's Sauer clinched the win (4-3).
Match Results: Metz
Latest news
Stade Rennes
📜 On March 26 and 29, the French national team will play friendly matches against Brazil and Colombia. For Rennes, these fixtures resonate as their main goalkeeper, Brice Samba, who has been delivering an inspiring performance throughout the season with an impressive clean sheet percentage, has been called up to the French squad.
❌ As Rennes prepare for their match against Metz, they have just one player on the injury list-defender Jérémy Jacquet. This is not formally a loss for the hosts, as it has long been known that the young Frenchman is sidelined for the entire season. Once the season concludes, Jacquet will join Liverpool, having already signed a contract with them some time ago.
Metz
❌ Forward Giorgi Kvilitaia has been left out of the squad for the second match in a row. Throughout the entire season, Metz have also been without striker Joseph Mangondo, who suffered a severe injury and is unlikely to feature in the squad for the current Ligue 1 campaign. In addition to these players, Metz will be missing the following: forward Cleo Melieres, midfielder Benjamin Stambouli, and midfielder Boubacar Traore, who is dealing with his second injury in a month. Metz's absences are significant mainly in terms of numbers-many of these players are not crucial to the team's starting lineup.
🟨 Yellow Card Predictions
The referee for this match is Bastien Dechepy. In this Ligue 1 season, he has officiated 12 matches, averaging 4.5 yellow cards per game. This slightly above-average figure suggests he is a strict referee. Only 1 of the last 8 encounters between these teams has seen more than four cautions, indicating a fairly clean style of play. Out of 10 matches involving Rennes, the total exceeded 4.5 cards in four instances, whereas Metz have been more disciplined, with only two games reaching 4+ yellow cards. Despite the referee's strictness, betting on under 4 yellow cards seems appealing.
⚽️ Goal Predictions
Rennes have been defensively solid, keeping clean sheets in three of their last five matches, despite conceding nearly 1.5 goals per game over the season. Metz, on the other hand, are the most porous team in the French league, allowing an average of 2.4 goals while scoring less than one. In this scenario, a bet on both teams to score (no) could be worthwhile.
🚩 Corner Predictions
Since 2014, Rennes and Metz have faced off 14 times, with exactly half of those matches seeing 10 or more corners. However, Rennes have only surpassed this mark once in their last eight games, and Metz have done so three times in their last ten. Clearly, this situation suggests a focus on under 9.5 corners for betting.
Editor's Prediction
It's clear that with all their issues, Metz are the underdogs in this match. It's unlikely that we can seriously consider not only a win for the visitors but even their goal-scoring achievements in this game. Therefore, betting on both teams to score - no, is a reasonable option. However, a more promising and profitable choice would be to back a convincing victory for Rennes. The hosts have excellent motivation, with a chance to finish in the top four and secure a spot in the next Champions League campaign. Rennes are significantly superior to Metz in terms of quality, and they have no major squad issues. A 3-0 victory seems likely here. We are backing Rennes with a -1.5 handicap.
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