Rennes 3-0 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 October 2009
Result
Rennes 3-0 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 October 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rennes 3-0 Montpellier: match report
Rennes won against Montpellier 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 24 October 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Sylvain Marveaux opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Rennes's goals came from Sylvain Marveaux (34'), Moussa Sow (50') and Asamoah Gyan (90'). Montpellier did not score.
Discipline: Rennes received no yellow cards; Montpellier received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rennes were 11th on 13 points from 9 and Montpellier 3rd on 20 points from 9. Rennes went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Montpellier 5th with 67.
Rennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Montpellier in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Rennes's last five read D-L-L-W-W and Montpellier's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Sylvain Marveaux
- 39'Yellow card · Emir Spahić
- 49'Yellow card · Romain Pitau
- 50'Goal · Moussa Sow
- 53'Yellow card · Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
- 85'Yellow card · Nenad Dzodic
- 90'Goal · Asamoah Gyan
Team news
Rennes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicolas Douchez, Carlos Bocanegra, Kader Mangane, Rod Fanni, Petter Hansson, Leo Leroy, Sylvain Marveaux, Yann M'Vila, Fabien Lemoine, Asamoah Gyan, Moussa Sow
Montpellier line-up (4-3-3)
Geoffrey Jourdren, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Emir Spahić, Joris Marveaux, Karim Aït-Fana, Tino Costa, Younès Belhanda, Victor Hugo Montano, Nenad Dzodic, Romain Pitau, Cyril Jeunechamp