Paris vs Rennes: Prediction, Stats and Preview
Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 October 2026 · 15:15 UTC · Stade Jean Bouin, Paris · updated 2026-10-09
Paris host Rennes in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 October 2026 at Stade Jean Bouin. On this season's numbers, Moneyball's model makes Paris favourites at 60%, puts the draw at 22% and expects about 3.1 goals.
Moneyball's estimate
- Expected goals: Paris 2.03, Rennes 1.03.
- Over 2.5 goals: 59% · both teams to score: 56%.
- Most likely score: 1–1 (10%).
From each side's goals and expected goals this season (Sportmonks), pulled toward the league average while a side has played few matches (5 and 5 so far), through a Dixon-Coles score model. No bookmaker prices are in it; once the odds are out, the full model in the app reads them too.
The difference-maker: Lassine Sinayoko
Lassine Sinayoko, 26 · Paris · CF · Pressing forward
Moneyball Scout picks Lassine Sinayoko as the player most likely to decide this match, with a Moneyball Score of 69 against every centre-forward in Europe's top five leagues (attacking 70, defensive 66).
- Key passes: 1.86 per 90 minutes, better than 88% of centre-forwards
- Expected goals: 0.70 per 90 minutes, better than 84% of centre-forwards
- Big chances missed: 0.21 per 90 minutes, better than 81% of centre-forwards
Rennes concede 1.8 goals a match this season (2.04 expected), more than the league's average: the space a pressing forward like Lassine Sinayoko lives on.
Scout's notes: Chance creator, Gets into scoring positions, Rarely wastes a big chance.
What he is worth on the market, how many league points he would add to another club and who could replace him: Moneyball Scouting Players Research.
Season statistics
| Paris | Per match this season | Rennes |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Matches | 5 |
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 0.6 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 1.69 | Expected goals (xG) | 1.73 |
| 0.85 | xG conceded | 2.04 |
| 13.2 | Shots | 16.2 |
| 4.6 | On target | 5.4 |
| 50.0 | Possession % | 51.0 |
| 60% | Clean sheets % | 20% |
| 40% | Both teams scored % | 60% |
| 3.0 | Corners | 5.0 |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 6.99 | Average rating | 6.83 |
Averages per match from Sportmonks.
Players to watch
Paris
- Lassine Sinayoko forward · rating 7.77 · 5 apps
- Pierre Lees-Melou midfielder · rating 7.38 · 5 apps
- Ilan Kebbal midfielder · rating 7.29 · 5 apps
Rennes
- Anthony Rouault defender · rating 7.31 · 2 apps
- Valentin Rongier midfielder · rating 7.30 · 5 apps
- Estéban Lepaul forward · rating 7.20 · 5 apps
The best-rated players of each side this season, with 180 minutes or more.
The full analysis
Moneyball Odds prices every line of the match once bookmakers do: win, draw and loss, Asian handicaps and goals lines, with fair odds and the expected value of each.
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