Marseille’s outrageously poor form is the main reason behind this pick on Rennes.

Visitors have been on an uprise lately, especially if we compare their form with the period of October-November, when the Champions League campaign was underway. Back then Rennes were hit both by numerous squad issues and the hectic schedule of having to play twice per week basically non-stop. As a result, at one point they were simply sitting in the 2nd half of the table with chances of fighting for the Champions League spot in serious doubt.

Then came December and Rennes went unbeaten for 7 Ligue1 rounds, delivering a 5-2-0 record in process, before experiencing a hick-up against joint league leaders Lille (0-1) a week ago.

That result should not overshadow Rennes current form and they should head into the Saturday match as firm favorites. More so, while Marseille is in their same poor condition as they’ve been since the start of the season, more or less. There really isn’t much suggesting Marseille is bound to improve any time soon. They were absolutely terrible in the 1-3 defeat against Monaco last week. After getting a fortunate early goal, the team literally stopped and could not put together a single proper attack, while giving away cheap goals at the defensive end. If we review Marseille’s record of the past 1.5 months - there is just 1 win (against Montpellier 3-1) in 9 competitive games.

Finally, Marseille managed to lose their last 2 home games against the likes of Lens and Nimes (20th place in the table). I am positive Rennes will take points home from this trip on Saturday and should be the team closer to victory on 0 handicap.

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马赛令人发指的糟糕状态是雷恩被选中的主要原因。

客队最近的表现越来越好，特别是如果我们把他们的表现与10 - 11月冠军杯期间相比的话。当时雷恩受到了大量的阵容问题和每周几乎不间断比赛两次的繁忙日程的打击。结果，他们一度只是坐在积分榜的下半区，争夺冠军联赛席位的机会受到严重质疑。

然后到了12月，雷恩在法甲7轮不败，创造了5-2-0的记录，在经历了与联盟领头羊里尔(0-1)的一场比赛之后。

这个结果不应该掩盖雷恩目前的状态，他们应该以坚定的希望进入周六的比赛。更重要的是，马赛正处于本赛季开始以来最糟糕的状态，或多或少。真的没有太多的迹象表明马赛在短时间内一定会改善。他们在上周1-3输给摩纳哥的比赛中表现非常糟糕。在很早就得到一个幸运的进球后，球队几乎停止了进攻，不能进行一次像样的进攻，而在防守端浪费了一些低级的进球。如果我们回顾一下马赛过去1.5个月的记录——在9场激烈的比赛中只有1胜(3-1击败蒙彼利埃)。

最后，马赛在最近的两场主场比赛中输给了伦斯和尼姆斯(积分榜第20位)。我很肯定雷恩会在周六的客场之旅中拿回积分。