Montpellier vs Rennes: prediction for the Ligue 1 match

Montpellierwere looking inconsistent in the current season, but team has finally started to improve recently. Paladins got off to a successful start in Coupe de France, they beat Andrezieux and Strasbourg, but hosts failed to advance past the round of 16 - southerners were unlucky in the penalty shootout against Marseille.

After 25 rounds of Ligue 1 Olivier Dall'Oglio's men have 11 victories and four draws, delivering 37 points. They are three points clear of today's opposition.

In three latest matches the Orange-Blues suffered two defeats and recorded a victory over Lorient (1:0)

Mavididi, Ristic, Tamas and Esteve won't feature in the upcoming match.

Rennes put up a great performance in the Conference League group stage, in six rounds team got fiur victories and two draws, delivering 14 points and a top spot in the standings, so the Red-Blacks advanced straight into the round of 16.

Visitors failed to achieve a good result in the French Cup - after a victory over Lorient (1:0) Bruno Genesio's lads failed to beat Nancy in the penalty shootout.

In 25 rounds of Ligue 1 Rennes recorded 12 victories and four draws, delivering 40 points and a 5th position. Team is 19 points adrift from the leader.

After a defeat to PSG (0:1) visitors recorded a victory over Troyes (4:1).