Rennes 1-0 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 September 2008

Result

Rennes 1-0 Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 27 September 2008, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Rennes · Nice · Ligue 1 predictions

Rennes 1-0 Nice: match report

Rennes beat Nice 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 27 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Jimmy Briand of Rennes in the 51st minute.

Discipline: Rennes received 2 yellow cards; Nice received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 12th on 7 points from 6 and Nice 5th on 10 points from 6. Rennes went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Nice 9th with 50.

Rennes lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nice in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rennes wins, 3 draws and 1 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Kader ManganeRennes
  • 18'Yellow card · F. LemoineRennes
  • 29'Yellow card · Cédric KantéNice
  • 39'Yellow card · D. DiakitéNice
  • 51'Goal · Jimmy BriandRennes · 1-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Cyril RoolNice

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Rennes 2, draws 3, Nice 1.

Team news

Rennes expected line-up (4-3-3)

Patrice Luzi, Petter Hansson, John Mensah, Djimi Traoré, Romain Danzé, Fabien Lemoine, Leo Leroy, Olivier Thomert, Jimmy Briand, Mickael Pagis, Mehmet Yozgatlı

Nice expected line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Cyril Rool, Drissa Diakite, Cedric Kante, Onyekachi Apam, David Hellebuyck, Florent Balmont, Ederson, Bakari Koné, Anthony Modeste, Olivier Echouafni