In the match of the fourth round of the French championship, Rennes will host Marseille. The meeting promises to be hot, given how the season started for both teams. In the new season both Rennes and Marseille will again contend for European places, they will try to aim for the Champions League. However, so far they have not managed to add reliability to their defense to match their attacking drive. The Bretons are coping with this more successfully. They started the championship with a draw against PSG (2-2), which was saved only in the very end. After that Rennes beat Le Mans (3-2) and won at Angers (2-1). At the start of the season Rennes is showing very interesting and exciting football - one of the best in Ligue 1. So Marseille faces a tough test. The Provençal side began with what looked like a convincing 4-0 thrashing of Strasbourg, but then they lost to Monaco (0-2) and PSG (2-3). Quite painful defeats. Marseille showed decent football in attack, but defensive errors proved to be more costly. After two straight defeats, Marseille found itself under pressure, which is characteristic of this club. Therefore Marseille will be fighting not for life, but to the death. But Rennes is in good form as well now, ready for open football with plenty of goal-scoring chances at both ends. This should make for an interesting game. And traditionally matches between Rennes and Marseille are tense and high-scoring. Of the last five meetings between them, only one ended with a single goal. In the others, three goals or more were scored.