Rennes 2-2 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 12 February 2017

Result

Rennes 2-2 Nice

Ligue 1 · Sunday 12 February 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Rennes 2-2 Nice: match report

Rennes drew with Nice 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 12 February 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Morgan Amalfitano opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Rennes's goals came from Morgan Amalfitano (7') and Giovanni Sio (21'). Nice scored through A. Donis (59') and Valentin Eysseric (81').

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

Going into the game Rennes were 10th on 32 points from 24 and Nice 3rd on 52 points from 24. Rennes went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Nice 3rd with 78.

Rennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nice in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio of Rennes (8.7), ahead of Valentin Eysseric (8.5).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Morgan AmalfitanoRennes · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Giovanni SioRennes · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · A. DonisNice · 2-1
  • 81'Goal · Valentin EyssericNice · 2-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Younès BelhandaNice
  • 90'Yellow card · Mounir ObbadiNice
  • 90'Yellow card · Pedro MendesRennes
  • 90'Yellow card · Mounir ObbadiNice

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Rennes line-up (4-4-2)

Benoît Costil, Pedro Mendes, Ramy Bensebaini, Romain Danzé, Joris Gnagnon, Clément Chantôme, Morgan Amalfitano, Benjamin André, Sanjin Prcić, Firmin Ndombe Mubele, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio

Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Paul Baysse, Dalbert, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Wylan Cyprien, Vincent Koziello, Younès Belhanda, Valentin Eysseric, Alassane Pléa