31 Oct
Nice vs Rennes: AI betting tips and pick
On 31 October, Nice host Rennes. The AI models' pick is over 2.5 goals at 1.56.
- Ligue 1, matchday 9 of 34
- +17°, mostly clear
- Allianz Riviera, Nice
published · updated UTC
AI models' pick: Over 2.5 goals
1.56The market prices this option at 62%
AI models' pick · 9 of 16 back this bet or a bolder one in the same direction, 7 chose others
Our football predictions so far: 163 won · 135 lost · 7 void · −5.80 units All results
likely score
1:2 8%2:1 8%2:2 7%
The likely score lists the four most likely results; the odds next to it are the average price of 7 bookmakers on that score. This is not the bet: the AI consensus chooses the bet.
Match odds
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 — Over 2.5: 1.56 → 1.56 since we publishedView
This market has barely moved: Over 2.5 1.56 → 1.56, Under 2.5 2.44 → 2.43.
Price changes
| When | Over 2.5 · our bet | Under 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.56 | 2.43−0.01 | |
| We published over 2.5 goals at 1.56 | ||
| 1.56opened | 2.44opened | |
AI prediction and analysis
The largest group of AI models went for over 2.5 goals. 7 more went for both teams to score.
- 9 of 16O 2.5our betodds 1.56ChatGPTDeepSeek
GeminiKimiQwenDeepSeek Flash
GLM
SonarNemotron Ultra - 7 of 16BTTSodds 1.46Claude
GrokMiniMaxMistralXiaomi MiMo
Dots3-NoteNemotron Super
Odds — the bookmaker average at the moment the AI model answered.
Odds quoted in this analysis are as of 25.10 at 14:42 UTC
Rennes play wide open on the road: in their three away matches this season they have scored 1.7 and shipped three a game, and every one of those trips has gone over 2.5 goals. Nice are more productive at home than on their travels, scoring 1.3, and both teams have scored in three of their four home games. The previous meetings have rarely produced a clean sheet either: Rennes won 4-0 in March, Nice took a 2-1 win away in October 2025, and in January 2025 Nice won 3-2 at home. The market rates three goals or more at 62%.
Where we could be wrong
The worry is the Nice attack: eight goals in eight rounds of Ligue 1, an xG of 0.99 and three matches without scoring. At home the hosts concede just 0.8 a game, but then the whole goal count rests on them, and chance creation remains a problem for Nice. Our pick is over 2.5 goals at 1.56.
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
Nice| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.10 | Brest | A | 2:1xG 0.5–2.6 | W |
| 18.10 | Lyon | A | 1:2xG 0.7–1.4 | L |
| 11.10 | Strasbourg | H | 2:1xG 1.3–0.6 | W |
| 20.09 | Lille | H | 2:1xG 1.5–1.6 | W |
| 12.09 | Auxerre | A | 0:1 | L |
| 05.09 | Le Mans | H | 1:1xG 1.1–1.3 | D |
Rennes| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.10 | Strasbourg | H | 3:0 | W |
| 22.10 | JuventusEuropa League | A | 2:2xG 1.7–2.3 | D |
| 18.10 | Paris | A | 3:4xG 3.1–3.7 | L |
| 15.10 | OFI CreteEuropa League | H | 2:1xG 1.5–0.1 | W |
| 11.10 | Auxerre | H | 4:1xG 2.6–1.8 | W |
| 02.10 | Lavalclub friendly | A | 0:1 | L |
H — home, A — away · score and xG from the team's side · league matches carry no competition tag
Season averages
| for / against | | | Ligue 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| goals | 1 / 1.3 | 2.3 / 1.8 | 1.5 |
| xG | 1.1 / 1.7 | 2 / 2.2 | 1.6 |
| shots | 11.4 / 12.1 | 16.1 / 15.1 | 13.4 |
| shots on target | 3.5 / 4.8 | 6.1 / 5.6 | 4.7 |
| corners | 5.9 / 3 | 5.4 / 6 | 4.6 |
| fouls | 10.1 / 9 | 13 / 12.3 | 12.3 |
| yellow cards | 2.3 / 1 | 2.3 / 2.4 | 1.8 |
| matches over 2.5 | 63% | 88% | |
| both scored | 63% | 63% | |
| clean sheets | 13% | 25% | |
| failed to score | 38% | 13% | |
| home / away | |||
| goals | 1.3 / 0.8 | 1.7 / 3 | |
| average total | 2 | 4.7 | |
| matches over 2.5 | 50% | 100% | |
| both scored | 75% | 67% | |
- Nice score less than the league average: 1 vs 1.5
- Rennes score more than the league average: 2.3 vs 1.5
- "home / away" is split by the role in this match: home games only for Nice, away games only for Rennes
Head to head
5–1–4Nice wins · draws · Rennes wins
| Match | Score | Date | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nice vs Rennes | 0:4 | 08.03.26 | |
| Rennes vs Nice | 1:2 | 26.10.25 | |
| Rennes vs Nice | 2:0 | 10.05.25 | |
| Nice vs Rennes | 3:2 | 03.01.25 | |
| Rennes vs Nice | 2:0 | 13.01.24 | |
| Nice vs Rennes | 2:0 | 05.11.23 | |
| Nice vs Rennes | 2:1 | 06.05.23 | |
| Rennes vs Nice | 2:1 | 02.01.23 | |
| Nice vs Rennes | 1:1 | 02.04.22 | |
| Rennes vs Nice | 1:2 | 12.12.21 |
- both scored in 6 of the last 10 meetings
- over 2.5 goals — in 6 of 10
League table
| # | Team | P | W-D-L | GF–GA | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 8 | 5-2-1 | 16–9 | 17 | WWWWW |
| 2 | Rennes | 8 | 5-1-2 | 18–14 | 16 | WLWLW |
| 3 | Lille | 8 | 4-3-1 | 11–6 | 15 | WLWDD |
| 9 | Lorient | 8 | 3-3-2 | 7–6 | 12 | DLWWD |
| 10 | Nice | 8 | 3-2-3 | 8–10 | 11 | LWWLW |
| 11 | Toulouse | 8 | 2-4-2 | 12–11 | 10 | DWDWD |
excerpt: both teams and their neighbours in the table · form — latest on the right
Goals by minute
- 0-1502
- 16-3012
- 31-4514
- 46-6001
- 61-7521
- 76-9022
- 0-1542
- 16-3024
- 31-4512
- 46-6022
- 61-7511
- 76-9045
in each row: scored in green, conceded in grey — in 15-minute intervals
