Rennes – Metz: restart mission in Brittany 
Stade Rennais, still scrambling for a European spot, welcome rock-bottom Metz. Two clubs with opposite jobs on the night: Rennes need to get their season moving again, Metz are practically already packing for the drop.
Rennes need to get rolling again 
Last week the team took a nasty tumble at home, a 2-1 loss to Lille that stopped their charge dead. Before that slip they were steamrolling opponents with four straight wins — a 4-0 routing of Nice and a classy 3-1 at PSG among them. Sitting seventh now, they’re only behind Monaco for the last European spot on goal difference.
No sulking allowed in Rennes. They have a golden chance to bounce back against an opponent they’ve routinely eaten alive — eight straight league wins over Metz. Masters of finishing off low-table sides, they’ll want to crank up the tempo early and bang in a few to tidy up their goal difference.
FC Metz’s total collapse 
Metz’s freefall keeps getting worse. They’re leaking from every angle: 11 matches without a win in all competitions, their last league victory back in November. Sitting a staggering 14 points adrift of safety, relegation to Ligue 2 feels all but sealed.
Their latest outing sums up the season — a gutting 4-3 home defeat to Toulouse, conceded in stoppage time. Metz’s backline is a sieve (60 goals conceded — the worst tally across Europe’s top five leagues). Pushed into damage-limitation mode every week, the visitors will probably try to park the bus at Roazhon Park. But let’s be honest: picturing Metz nicking a result against Rennes’ attacking firepower is next-level wishful thinking.
Likely lineups
Rennes : Samba ; Nagida, Rouault, Brassier, Merlin ; Szymanski, Rongier, Camara ; Tamari, Lepaul, Nordin
Metz : Fischer ; Kouao, S. Sane, Mboula, Colin ; Gbamin, Hein ; Sarr, Deminguet, Tsitaishvili ; Diallo
Football Tip Rennes vs Metz
Rennes to win by two goals
Stade Rennais are hungry after that Lille disappointment and they’re up against the perfect opponent to get things back on track.
Facing the worst defense in Europe, which collapses away from home (11 away defeats this season), Rennes have the firepower to make this one comfortable. Expect the hosts to dominate from the first whistle, smother Metz and win big to keep their European push in shape.
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