Prediction, Prediction and Betting Tips

Montpellier v Rennes
France Ligue 1
Date: Saturday, August 27th
Start: 19pm BST
Location: Stade de la Mosson (Montpellier).

Montpellier will try to get back on track when they host Rennes in the south of France. Montpellier didn't look too good when they defeated Angers in the first game of the season. Their problem is that they don't play well as a team, but they have some very interesting individual players like Ryad Boudebouz and Casimir Ninga. When these players click, fans will see some wonderful moves and goals. When they don't, we see what happened last weekend when they went down easily 3-1 at St Etienne.

Rennes lost to Nice just 1-0 in the first week and then beat Nancy 2-0 at home, but that didn't tell us much because Nancy are one of the favorites for relegation. However, Rennes have a decent defense and will look to give the hosts a very tough game here.

Montpellier v Rennes: head to head

Montpellier have an excellent home record over Rennes, who have not won this game since 2011 and five matches have been played since then. Still, some of those games were drawn. The last time the teams played here, the home team won 2-0. The last three matches have had less than 3 goals, but this match usually has few, so we can see a change here.

Montpellier v Rennes: prediction

Montpellier is a good team, but we'll have to see them move up a few gears to see that. They have good players and should be able to threaten Rennes, but it's difficult to completely exclude Rennes from this game, both teams will have opportunities and so we will look for different markets for this game.

Montpellier v Rennes: betting tips

• Anytime top scorer – Casimir Ninga on 5/12
• Over 2,5 goals in 7/5