Rennes vs AJ Auxerre
Match details. Rennes host AJ Auxerre in Ligue 1, Regular Season - 6 at Roazhon Park, Rennes. Kick-off is set for Sun 11 Oct, 16:15 Lagos time. Willy Delajod is the referee for this match.
What's at stake. Rennes are 6th on 10 points after 5 games, 1 point behind Paris Saint Germain and 2 points clear of Stade Brestois 29. A win would take them above Paris Saint Germain. AJ Auxerre are 14th on 6 points after 5 games, level on points with Toulouse and 1 point clear of Nice. A win would take them above Toulouse.
Team news. AJ Auxerre are without A. Diousse through a knee injury and S. Fofana with a groin injury. C. Makosso misses out due to yellow cards, while R. Mandengue has a muscle injury. B. Okoh is sidelined with a knee injury and M. Senaya has a hamstring injury.
Form. Rennes have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five, taking 2.0 points a game. Their last five run reads L W W W D. AJ Auxerre have won two, drawn none and lost three of their last five, picking up 1.2 points a game. Their form is W W L L L.
The numbers. Rennes score 1.6 and concede 1.8 a game over their last five, with one clean sheet. They average 16.2 shots (5.4 on target), 5.0 corners and 1.8 cards a game, with 51% of the ball. AJ Auxerre score 1.4 and concede 2.4 a game over their last five, with one clean sheet. They average 12.0 shots (5.0 on target), 6.0 corners and 2.0 cards a game, with 45% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Rennes have won four, drawn four and lost two. Four of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. In the last four, Rennes won one, one was drawn and AJ Auxerre won two. The last time they met, on 22 Feb 2026, it finished Rennes 3-0 AJ Auxerre, with Rennes taking 12 shots to 11, 57% of the ball, and five yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 77%. However, six of the last ten meetings went under 2.5.
The case against. AJ Auxerre's record still gives them 31% to win.
The read. Rennes to win. Their goals for and against make Rennes the likelier winners. Rennes are the stronger side on form and the table. Both teams' records favour Rennes.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 3.5 Cards (the signs point different ways); AJ Auxerre Under 1.5 goals (Rennes's own games don't back it (2 of 5)). Predicted score: Rennes 1-0 AJ Auxerre (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call).