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22 Oct

Juventus vs Rennes: AI prediction and betting pick

On 22 October, Juventus host Rennes. The AI models' pick is Juventus −1 handicap at 2.03: 8 of 16 models chose it, 3 more went in the same direction.

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Juventus
Rennes

AI models' pick: Juventus −1 handicap

2.03

Asian handicap: the bet wins if Juventus win by two goals or more; a one-goal win returns the stake.

AI models' pick · 8 of 16 on this bet · 3 more in the same direction

Our football predictions so far: 86 won · 63 lost · 5 void · +3.46 units All results

likely score

1:110%odds 7.53

2:1 10%2:0 9%1:0 8%

The likely score lists the four most likely results; the odds next to it are the average price of 4 bookmakers on that score. This is not the bet: the AI consensus chooses the bet.

Match odds

last line update 18.10 03:20

result11.58−0.03X4.13+0.0225.33−0.14
total 2.5O1.73−0.12U2.10+0.10
both to scoreyes1.75−0.09no1.98+0.10
double chance1X1.16+0.01121.22−0.01X22.35+0.01
handicapH1 −1.52.57−0.08H2 +1.51.49+0.02

Over 2 days a Rennes win shortened from 5.47 to 5.33 — money is coming in on the away side.

abbreviations
  • 1/X/2 — home win / draw / away win
  • O/U — over/under total goals
  • H1/H2 — home/away handicap
  • 1X/12/X2 — home or draw / no draw / away or draw
Line movementOur bet — Juventus −1: 2.03 → 1.97 since we publishedView

Since we published, our bet (Juventus −1 handicap) has shortened from 2.03 to 1.97: the market now rates it as more likely.

Juventus −11.97 → 1.97our betRennes +11.82 → 1.82
1.801.902.0017 Oct18 OctWe published · 2.03Juventus −1 1.97Rennes +1 1.82

Price changes

Price changes in the Handicap −1 market
WhenJuventus −1 · our betRennes +1
We published Juventus −1 handicap at 2.03
1.97first snapshot1.82first snapshot
15 snapshots · the prices have not changed

The largest group of AI models went for Juventus −1. 5 more chose close bets in the same direction: a Juventus win and Juventus −1.5. 3 more went for over 2.5 goals. The other 2 went for both teams to score.

Odds — the bookmaker average at the moment the AI model answered.

Odds quoted in this analysis are as of 17.10 at 20:50 UTC

Juventus have made the stronger start. Five matches have brought them 12 goals scored and five conceded, with xG of 1.58 against 0.82, while Rennes sit on seven scored and six conceded over the same stretch, their xG reading 1.84 against 1.67. After two rounds Juventus are top on six points, Rennes thirteenth on four. The defensive records point the same way: the hosts have kept a clean sheet in 42% of home games, while Rennes have come away from a trip without conceding in just 35% of them, their away matches averaging 3.6 goals. Over two days the home price has shortened from 1.61 to 1.58 and the visitors have come in from 5.47 to 5.33, and the market still gives the Juventus −1 handicap slightly less than an even chance.

Where we could be wrong

Rennes do not shut up shop on the road, though: 20.4 shots a game this season, and both teams have scored in almost half of their away fixtures. That is the clear risk, because a one-goal Juventus win would not be enough to land the bet. We are backing the Juventus −1 handicap at 2.03.

The bet comes from the largest group of AI models pointing the same way (a home win and a home handicap count as one view), and within that group it is the bet named most often; if two groups are level, the one priced closer to the bookmakers' line is taken — how we calculate

Recent matches

all competitions · latest first
Juventus
Recent matches: Juventus
DateOpponentVenueScoreResult
15.10Celta VigoA2:1xG 1.9–1.1W
11.10CagliariSerie AA1:1xG 2.0–0.6D
02.10Cremoneseclub friendlyH0:1L
20.09AtalantaSerie AH2:0xG 1.3–0.6W
17.09NECH5:0W
13.09SassuoloSerie AA2:3xG 1.1–1.0L
Rennes
Recent matches: Rennes
DateOpponentVenueScoreResult
15.10OFI CreteH2:1xG 1.5–0.1W
11.10AuxerreLigue 1H4:1xG 2.6–1.8W
02.10Lavalclub friendlyA0:1L
19.09LyonLigue 1A0:4xG 1.4–3.1L
16.09Sturm GrazA0:0D
11.09MarseilleLigue 1H1:0W

H — home, A — away · score and xG from the team's side · league matches carry no competition tag

League table

League standings: Europa League
#TeamPW-D-LGF–GAPtsForm
1Juventus22-0-07–16WW
2Bayer Leverkusen22-0-06–06WW
12Union Saint-Gilloise21-1-04–14WD
13Rennes21-1-02–14DW
14Dinamo Zagreb21-1-01–04DW

excerpt: both teams and their neighbours in the table · form — latest on the right

Other matches this round

Full Europa League fixtures
16:45Lech Poznań–SunderlandOur pick:21.648 of 15 AI models picked this bet1 4.95X 4.022 1.6416:45Dinamo Zagreb–NECOur pick:11.7110 of 14 AI models picked this bet1 1.70X 4.012 4.4316:45Sturm Graz–MarseilleOur pick:U 2.52.126 of 15 AI models picked this bet1 3.46X 3.592 2.02