Maybe Rennais play nicer football to watch and are the team with the highest number of goals scored in the league, but Nice is the best defense in the Ligue 1. The points difference in the standings is just 2 points between these two teams and I don't agree with the bookmakers to give such a huge advantage to Rennes in odds. Nice have one of the best coaches in Europe Christoph Galtier who won the title last season with Lille, and the man of success is also now doing a decent job with Nice. Nice lost their last game against second-placed Marseille on the road, the match which was tick before the international break, and the two weeks pause should help Galtier's team to refresh and make a plan for the upcoming list of fixtures in which Nice will try to book the ticket for next season's Champions League. So, this is in fact a direct clash between two teams battling for 3rd place. The good news for the home coach as the team will welcome back regular important players Dante and Hicham Boadaoui who are both back after suspensions. Also, there is no other squad problems for coach Galtier.

On the away side, Rennes is really having a great season. No doubt. They play very nice football and have the most goals scored in the league, even more than PSG. Last game they won over Metz 6-0, and it was the second match with this result in the season, as they did it against Bordeaux previosuly. Indeed, you suppose it was on a home field and that's right, Rennes is doing better and looking way more confident when playing at home field in Rennes. While on the road, they have a 5-3-6 record. Not the best news came from the club's hospital as Alfred Gomis, their regular goalkeeper is sidelined for this match. Also, second choice goalkeeper Romain Salin is unavailable so Rennes will use 3rd goalkeeper choice for this match, 19 years old Turk, D.Alemdar. He was involved in 6 matches this season and conceded 5 goals. He might be a good potential but missing two first choices goalkeepers is not a small challenge. In addition, Rennes will be without attacker Kamaldeen Sulemana, the scorer of 4 goals+ 2 assists.

After we conclude, it's not so easy to put stakes on the home team as in some other bets because Rennes' form looks so scary! But, the international break more helped Nice than inform Rennes if you ask me. It's often about momentum in football season. Two weeks' pause could stop the Rennes flow and with the missing goalkeeper, I think we have a decent value material. Especialy if we know that Rennes isn't shining away from home. Worth saying, Nice have a good h2h against visitors in the recent seasons. Since 2015, in the last 14 mutual matches between Rennes and Nice, Rennes managed to win only 1 game over Nice! Think this good tradition for hosts could be continued here with sharing points and if I have to predict a result, I would say 1-1.

也许雷恩踢得更好看，是联赛进球数最多的球队，但尼斯是法甲防守最好的球队。这两支球队在积分榜上的分差只有2分，我同意机构给予雷恩如此巨大的优势。尼斯拥有欧洲最好的教练之一克里斯托夫·加尔蒂埃，他上赛季在里尔赢得了冠军，而他现在在尼斯也做得不错。尼斯在客场输给了排名第二的马赛，这场比赛在国际比赛日之前进行，两周的休整应该有助于加尔蒂埃的球队并为尼斯将尝试的即将到来的赛程精心归化，争取预定下赛季欧冠的门票。因此，这实际上是两支争夺第三名的球队之间的直接冲突。主场教练的好消息，因为球队将欢迎常规重要球员但丁和希查姆回归Boadaoui在停赛后都回来了。此外，主教练加尔蒂埃没有其他阵容问题。

在客场，雷恩度过了一个很出色的赛季。毫无疑问。他们踢得非常好，在联赛中进球最多，甚至超过了巴黎圣日耳曼。上一场比赛他们以6-0战胜梅斯，这是本赛季第二场比赛取得这样的成绩，就像他们之前对阵波尔多的比赛一样。没错，雷恩在主场比赛时表现更好，看起来更有信心。在客场作战时，他们的战绩为 5胜3平6负。俱乐部医院有不好的消息，他们的常规守门员将缺席这场比赛。此外，二号门将罗曼·萨林无法上场，因此雷恩将在本场比赛中使用三号门将，19 岁的土耳其人 D.Alemdar。本赛季他参加了6场比赛，丢了5个球。他可能很有潜力，但缺少两个第一选择守门员是个不小的挑战。此外，雷恩将缺少了4球+2助攻的前锋卡玛尔丁·苏莱曼纳。

在我们总结之后，因为雷恩的状态看起来很吓人，所以选择主队似乎并不是那么容易！但是国际比赛日对尼斯的帮助比通知雷恩更重要。这通常与足球赛季的势头有关。两周的暂停可能会阻止雷恩的好状态，并且由于缺少守门员，我认为尼斯会是主队的选择。如果我们知道雷恩在客场的表现并不是很好。值得一提的是，尼斯在最近几个赛季对雷恩的表现不错。 2015年以来，雷恩和尼斯最近14次交手，雷恩只赢过尼斯1场！我认为尼斯可以延续这样的势头，预测结果比分1-1。