Montpellier 2-2 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 25 November 2018
Result
Montpellier 2-2 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Sunday 25 November 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Montpellier 2-2 Rennes: match report
Montpellier drew with Rennes 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 25 November 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Hatem Ben Arfa opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Andy Delort (45') and Andy Delort (49'). Rennes scored through Hatem Ben Arfa (5') and Benjamin Bourigeaud (71', penalty).
Discipline: Montpellier received 3 yellow cards; Rennes received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Montpellier were 4th on 25 points from 13 and Rennes 14th on 16 points from 13. Montpellier went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and Rennes 10th with 52.
Montpellier lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rennes in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Delort of Montpellier (8.6), ahead of Gaëtan Laborde (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Montpellier wins, 4 draws and 3 for Rennes.
Going into the match Montpellier's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Rennes's D-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Hatem Ben Arfa
- 24'Yellow card · Damien Le Tallec
- 33'Yellow card · Mexer
- 37'Yellow card · Daniel Congré
- 45'Goal · Andy Delort
- 49'Goal · Andy Delort
- 71'Penalty goal · Benjamin Bourigeaud
- 85'Yellow card · Pedro Mendes
Head-to-head
Team news
Montpellier line-up (3-4-2-1)
Benjamin Lecomte, Pedro Mendes, Vitorino Hilton, Daniel Congré, Ruben Aguilar, Ellyes Skhiri, Damien Le Tallec, Ambroise Oyongo, Gaëtan Laborde, Florent Mollet, Andy Delort
Rennes line-up (5-3-2)
Tomas Koubek, Hamari Traoré, Damien Da Silva, Mexer, Ramy Bensebaini, Romain Del Castillo, Benjamin André, Clément Grenier, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Ismaïla Sarr, Hatem Ben Arfa