Nantes 1-2 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 October 2016
Result
Nantes 1-2 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 October 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Nantes 1-2 Rennes: match report
Nantes were beaten by Rennes 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Emiliano Sala opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Nantes's goal came from Emiliano Sala (42'). Rennes scored through Kamil Grosicki (58') and Kamil Grosicki (75').
Discipline: Nantes received 1 yellow card; Rennes received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nantes were 13th on 11 points from 9 and Rennes 7th on 14 points from 9. Nantes went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Rennes 10th with 50.
Nantes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rennes in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kamil Grosicki of Rennes (8.2), ahead of Sylvain Armand (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nantes win, 4 draws and 5 for Rennes.
Going into the match Nantes's last five read W-W-L-D-D and Rennes's D-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Paul-Georges Ntep
- 28'Yellow card · Adrien Thomasson
- 42'Goal · Emiliano Sala
- 58'Goal · Kamil Grosicki
- 75'Goal · Kamil Grosicki
- 81'Yellow card · A. Hunou
- 90'Yellow card · Benjamin André
Head-to-head
Team news
Nantes line-up (4-4-2)
Rémy Riou, Diego Carlos, Lucas Lima, Léo Dubois, Koffi Djidji, Adrien Thomasson, Yacine Bammou, Amine Harit, Guillaume Gillet, Emiliano Sala, Mariusz Stępiński
Rennes line-up (4-4-2)
Benoît Costil, Mexer, Pedro Mendes, Ludovic Baal, Romain Danzé, Gelson Fernandes, Paul-Georges Ntep, Benjamin André, Adrien Hunou, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Yoann Gourcuff