Nantes 2-2 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 September 2025

Result

Nantes 2-2 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 September 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Nantes 2-2 Rennes: match report

Nantes drew with Rennes 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 September 2025. The half-time score was 0-2.

Ludovic Blas opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Nantes's goals came from Junior Mwanga (64') and Youssef El Arabi (90+6'). Rennes scored through Ludovic Blas (29', penalty) and Estéban Lepaul (35').

Discipline: Nantes received 3 yellow cards; Rennes received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nantes were 14th on 3 points from 4 and Rennes 6th on 7 points from 4. Nantes went on to finish that season 17th with 23 points, and Rennes 6th with 59.

Nantes lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Rennes in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Youssef El Arabi of Nantes (7.8), ahead of Alidu Seidu (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nantes wins, 1 draw and 7 for Rennes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Tylel TatiNantes
  • 29'Penalty goal · Ludovic BlasRennes · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Estéban LepaulRennes · 0-2
  • 38'Yellow card · Mostafa MohamedNantes
  • 63'Yellow card · Djaoui CisséRennes
  • 64'Goal · Junior MwangaNantes · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Mayckel LahdoNantes
  • 90+2'Missed penalty · Matthis AblineNantes
  • 90+6'Goal · Youssef El ArabiNantes · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nantes 2, draws 1, Rennes 7.

Team news

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Nantes line-up (4-1-4-1)

Anthony Lopes, Kelvin Amian, Chidozie Awaziem, Tylel Tati, Nicolas Cozza, Junior Mwanga, Mayckel Lahdo, Johann Lepenant, Louis Leroux, Matthis Abline, Mostafa Mohamed

Rennes line-up (3-5-2)

Brice Samba, Alidu Seidu, Jérémy Jacquet, Anthony Rouault, Mahdi Camara, Ludovic Blas, Valentin Rongier, Seko Fofana, Quentin Merlin, Estéban Lepaul, Breel Embolo