Rennes vs Lorient Prediction, 2/3/2021 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 2/2/2021

Game: Rennes vs Lorient

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Location: Roazhon Park in Rennes, France

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Rennes (-154) Lorient (+425)

Adrien Hunou and Rennes (10-6-5, 5th in Ligue 1) play Lorient (5-3-13, 18th in Ligue 1) at Roazhon Park on Wednesday. The starting goalkeepers will be Romain Salin for Rennes and Paul Nardi for Lorient. The line on this contest has Rennes priced at -154 and Lorient are at +425. The total opens at 2.5.

Rennes played Lille in their last game and took a loss by a score of 1-0. Rennes attempted 22 dribbles in this matchup and were successful in 15 of those dribbles for a percentage of 68.2%. In regard to passing, they finished this match with a 85.0% received passes percentage by converting 579 of the 681 pass targets in their last match. In regard to shooting accuracy, Rennes finished the game at a 18.2% clip by putting 2 SoT out of 11 total shots. Rennes is averaging 1.38 goals per 90 min (29 total goals) and have earned 25 assists in all contests this year.

Adrien Hunou is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Rennes. Hunou has been given a starting assignment in 107 matches during his pro soccer career and scores 0.33 goals per 90. The forward from France has totaled 37 goals in 9,973 professional minutes. He has accounted for 8 assists while earning 11 yellow cards so far in his pro soccer career. One more player who could decide who wins is Benjamin Bourigeaud, the forward hailing from France. Bourigeaud has been on the field for 15,480 minutes in 176 career starting assignments and has been handed 32 yellow card cautions. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 26 times thus far in his career and he has scored 31 total goals. He sports an average of 0.18 G/90 during his pro soccer career.

The man who will protect the net for Rennes will be Romain Salin. Salin (55-39-63 record during his soccer career) has tallied 40 shutouts, which leaves him with a 25.0% clean sheet percentage. The goalie born in France has seen 699 shots attempted at him in 160 career starting assignments. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.33 (210 goals allowed) and his save % is .701. Salin has defended the goal for 14,214 minutes and has tallied 490 saves so far in his pro soccer career.

When they last played, Lorient took home the win by a final score of 3-2 against PSG. They wrapped up this outing by completing 248 out of their 305 passing tries for a rate of 81.3%. Lorient earned a 66.7% successful dribble percentage by converting 10 out of the 15 dribbles they attempted. Lorient had 5 shots on goal out of 16 shots attempted giving them a 31.3% rate in their last game. Having earned a total of 24 goals and 10 assists in all their contests, Lorient averages 1.14 goals and 0.48 assists per 90 min.

Yoane Wissa will need to be on top of his game for Lorient. He currently averages 0.39 goals per 90 and has started 109 contests in his pro soccer career. The forward who is from France has been on the pitch for 9,435 professional minutes and has earned 41 goals. He has accumulated 21 yellow cards during his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 13 times. You should also watch out for Adrian Grbic, the forward hailing from Austria. He has earned 31 goals so far in his pro soccer career while assisting on a goal 4 different times. Grbic has earned himself 9 yellow card cautions in 5,415 minutes (54 starts). His goals per 90 average in his pro soccer career is 0.52.

Paul Nardi will look after the net for Lorient. So far in his career, Nardi has allowed 223 goals while totaling 426 stops in 176 starting assignments. He has surrendered 1.27 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a mark of 72-46-58. He holds a save percentage of .734 and his clean sheet rate sits at 23.9%. Nardi has racked up 42 shutouts while seeing 582 shots tried against him in 15,821 mins in his career.

Who will win tonight's Ligue 1 game against the spread?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Lorient (+425) and under 2.5 goals

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