Nice 1-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 April 2018

Result

Nice 1-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 April 2018, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Nice · Rennes · Ligue 1 predictions

Nice 1-1 Rennes: match report

Nice drew with Rennes 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 8 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Alassane Plea opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Nice's goal came from Alassane Plea (17'). Rennes scored through Benjamin Bourigeaud (27').

Discipline: Nice received 4 yellow cards; Rennes received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nice were 7th on 45 points from 31 and Rennes 5th on 46 points from 31. Nice went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Rennes 5th with 58.

Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rennes in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alassane Pléa of Nice (8.1), ahead of Allan Saint-Maximin (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Nice wins, 3 draws and 1 for Rennes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · J. GélinRennes
  • 17'Goal · Alassane PleaNice · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Benjamin BourigeaudRennes · 1-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Arnaud SouquetNice
  • 45'Yellow card · Wahbi KhazriRennes
  • 69'Yellow card · Pierre Lees-MelouNice
  • 78'Yellow card · Daniel KarlssonNice
  • 82'Yellow card · Ismaïla SarrRennes
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Benjamin AndréRennes
  • 90+4'Yellow card · DanteNice

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 6, draws 3, Rennes 1.

Team news

Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Walter Benítez, Arnaud Souquet, Marlon, Maxime Le Marchand, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Wylan Cyprien, Allan Saint-Maximin, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa

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

Tomas Koubek, Mehdi Zeffane, Joris Gnagnon, Ramy Bensebaini, Jérémy Gélin, Ismaïla Sarr, Sanjin Prcić, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Benjamin André, Wahbi Khazri, Diafra Sakho