Rennes vs Olympique Marseille betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 1 match on January 11th, 2025

Rennes and Olympique Marseille will meet each other in a football match counting for Ligue 1 on January 11th, 2025, Saturday at 20:00h (UTC), in France, check the Rennes vs Olympique Marseille betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Rennes vs Olympique Marseille will occur

The game takes place in the small Roazhon Park stadium, in the city of Rennes, with a capacity for 29778 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Rennes vs Olympique Marseille betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Ligue 1, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.7 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.94 goals per match.

Rennes last match

Rennes come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Nice, valid for the Ligue 1, ended with a 3-2. The team coached by J. Sampaoli Moya lined up in the last match with a 3-4-2-1 formation.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.38, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Hans Hateboer leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Olympique Marseille last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Le Havre team with a final score of 5-1.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.30.

Rennes vs Olympique Marseille h2h

The last time Olympique Marseille faced Rennes it was in Ligue 1. Olympique Marseille, then in 7th place opened with a play using the 4-2-3-1 formation, while Rennes, who was in 9th place, played using a 4-1-4-1 tactic.

The two teams have not faced each other since 17-03-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2023/2024 season of the Ligue 1, and the match ended with a 2-0 win for Rennes.

The Olympique Marseille team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Rennes its counterpart.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

Rennes

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

Having 17 points, 5 wins, 9 losses, 2 draws, and a negative balance, Rennes ranks 13th place in the Ligue 1 as they enter this game.

Which means that, with an advantage of 1 point, the team is ahead the Angers SCO team closing in at the 14th place in the 17th round.

Rennes analysis

After 16 rounds, Rennes has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 23 goals so far and scored 22 times.

The Rennes team comes from a defeat in the Ligue 1, and its coach Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Best goalscorer from Rennes

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Arnaud Muinga. The Attacker has already scored 7 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Rennes, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 4 of the 7 goals scored have this characteristic.

Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

The Olympique Marseille team with 33 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League, with a campaign of 10 wins, 3 draws, and 3 losses.

This means that, in the 17th round, the team has an advantage of 3 points against the Monaco team that is just behind in 3rd place.

Olympique Marseille analysis

Olympique Marseille shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 16 games has only conceded goals on 19 occasions, and has scored in 37.

Olympique Marseille has been in impressive form lately, winning 4 out of their last 5 matches, and drawing 1. They have been showing great resilience and determination, and it seems that they are on track to achieve their goals this season.

Olympique Marseille has an average of 5.44 shots in the goal mirror per match, and can be considered an extremely offensive team and prone to scoring goals, and of course winning.

This is a top 5 team in the Ligue 1 that wants to keep up with the good performances!

The Olympique Marseille team typically attempts to control the game by achieving an average ball possession of 60.69%. The reason for this is that teams with ball possession above 50% usually hold some control over their opponents.

With away his balance of 7 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws in the Ligue 1, opposing teams usually have slim chances of winning.

Best goalscorer from Olympique Marseille

In this season, the individual highlight is Mason Greenwood that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 10 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Olympique Marseille achieved in several matches.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Rennes is Arnaud Muinga, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Olympique Marseille is Mason Greenwood, he has scored in 10 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.47 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Olympique Marseille side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 5 time this season, very different from Rennes who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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