Rennes 3-1 Nantes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 1 October 2023

Result

Rennes 3-1 Nantes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 1 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rennes 3-1 Nantes: match report

Rennes beat Nantes 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 1 October 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Benjamin Bourigeaud opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rennes's goals came from Benjamin Bourigeaud (6', penalty), Désiré Doué (73') and Arnaud Kalimuendo (90+7', penalty). Nantes scored through Pedro Chirivella (45').

Discipline: Rennes received 3 yellow cards; Nantes received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rennes were 12th on 8 points from 6 and Nantes 13th on 8 points from 6. Rennes went on to finish that season 10th with 46 points, and Nantes 14th with 33.

Rennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nantes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Benjamin Bourigeaud of Rennes (8.9), ahead of Nemanja Matić (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Rennes wins, 2 draws and 2 for Nantes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Penalty goal · Benjamin BourigeaudRennes · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Florent MolletNantes
  • 45'Goal · Pedro ChirivellaNantes · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Lorenz AssignonRennes
  • 58'Yellow card · Benjamin BourigeaudRennes
  • 58'Yellow card · Samuel MoutoussamyNantes
  • 60'Yellow card · Douglas AugustoNantes
  • 61'Yellow card · Pedro ChirivellaNantes
  • 62'Yellow card · Nemanja MatićRennes
  • 73'Goal · Désiré DouéRennes · 2-1
  • 77'Red card · Mostafa MohamedNantes
  • 77'Yellow card · Mostafa MohamedNantes
  • 87'Yellow card · Jean-Charles CastellettoNantes
  • 90+7'Penalty goal · Arnaud KalimuendoRennes · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rennes 6, draws 2, Nantes 2.

Team news

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Rennes line-up (4-2-3-1)

Steve Mandanda, Lorenz Assignon, Warmed Omari, Arthur Theate, Adrien Truffert, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Nemanja Matić, Ludovic Blas, Fabian Rieder, Amine Gouiri, Bertuğ Yıldırım

Nantes line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alban Lafont, Jean-Kévin Duverne, Eray Cömert, Jean-Charles Castelletto, Quentin Merlin, Pedro Chirivella, Douglas Augusto, Florent Mollet, Moses Simon, Samuel Moutoussamy, Mostafa Mohamed