Metz 1-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 December 2017

Result

Metz 1-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 December 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Metz 1-1 Rennes: match report

Metz drew with Rennes 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 9 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Florent Mollet opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Metz's goal came from Florent Mollet (41'). Rennes scored through Firmin Ndombe Mubele (86').

Discipline: Metz received 3 yellow cards; Rennes received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Metz were 20th on 4 points from 16 and Rennes 6th on 24 points from 16. Metz went on to finish that season 20th with 26 points, and Rennes 5th with 58.

Metz lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rennes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florent Mollet of Metz (8.2), ahead of Firmin Ndombe Mubele (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Metz wins, 3 draws and 5 for Rennes.

Going into the match Metz's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Rennes's W-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Fallou DiagneMetz
  • 15'Yellow card · A. HunouRennes
  • 28'Yellow card · James Léa SilikiRennes
  • 33'Yellow card · C. PhilippsMetz
  • 41'Goal · Florent MolletMetz · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Joris GnagnonRennes
  • 56'Yellow card · Joris GnagnonRennes
  • 73'Yellow card · I. NianeMetz
  • 86'Goal · Firmin Ndombe MubeleRennes · 1-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Metz 0, draws 3, Rennes 5.

Team news

Metz line-up (4-3-3)

Eiji Kawashima, Fallou Diagne, Moussa Niakhaté, Jonathan Rivierez, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Gerónimo Poblete, Chris Philipps, Renaud Cohade, Florent Mollet, Julian Palmieri, Emmanuel Rivière

Rennes line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tomas Koubek, Mehdi Zeffane, Mexer, Jérémy Gélin, Hamari Traoré, James Léa Siliki, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Morgan Amalfitano, Benjamin André, Adrien Hunou, Brandon Thomas