On October 30 2016 at 16:00 at the Roazhon Park in the 11th game of the French Ligue 1 the local Rennes play against Metz.
A series of mistakes in the starting games of the season didn’t kick the Rennes out of the race for the European competitions places. The victory against Nantes on the previous weekend and now their lossless series is three games in a raw. Before that Rennes outplayed Guinghamp 1:0 and Marseille 3:2, drew Bordeaux 1:1 and lost to Dijon 3:0. These results let the team gain 17 points and take the 6th position with 12:12 goal difference.
A wonderful start of the season changed into the predictable recession of Metz. Even though Metz are the beginners of the championship, they didn’t manage to show their best in the elite division. Their loss to Nice 2:4 in the latest game was the third loss in a raw. Before that Metz lost to Marseille 1:0, Monaco 0:7 and outplayed Montpellier 0:1. As a result, in the first 10 games of the Ligue 1 Metz gained 13 points and take the 12th position in the league.
Rennes have an advantage in the history of head-to-heads of the teams. Last time they met in March 2015 and Rennes won 1:0. They look wonderful at home and demonstrate the third worse results in the league. Metz, in their turn, start to show worse results and get lower in the standings. We have no doubt that Rennes are going to get their points in that forthcoming game.
Prediction for the match: Rennes to win.
