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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Hatem Ben ArfaRennes · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Damien Le TallecMontpellier
  • 33'Yellow card · MexerRennes
  • 37'Yellow card · Daniel CongréMontpellier
  • 45'Goal · Andy DelortMontpellier · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · Andy DelortMontpellier · 2-1
  • 71'Penalty goal · Benjamin BourigeaudRennes · 2-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Pedro MendesMontpellier

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Montpellier 3, draws 4, Rennes 3.

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