Rennes 0-1 Nice: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 17 September 2017
Result
Rennes 0-1 Nice
Ligue 1 · Sunday 17 September 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rennes 0-1 Nice: match report
Rennes were beaten by Nice 0-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 17 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Mario Balotelli of Nice in the 79th minute.
Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Nice received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rennes were 15th on 5 points from 5 and Nice 13th on 6 points from 5. Rennes went on to finish that season 5th with 58 points, and Nice 8th with 54.
Rennes lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Nice in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Benjamin André of Rennes (7.8), level with Ismaïla Sarr (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rennes win, 3 draws and 6 for Nice.
Going into the match Rennes's last five read W-L-D-L-D and Nice's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Sanjin Prcic
- 45+2'Yellow card · Allan Saint-Maximin
- 49'Yellow card · Christophe Jallet
- 69'Yellow card · Jean Michaël Seri
- 79'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 85'Yellow card · Pierre Lees-Melou
- 90+3'Yellow card · Arnaud Souquet
Head-to-head
Team news
Rennes line-up (4-4-1-1)
Tomas Koubek, Joris Gnagnon, Ramy Bensebaini, Ludovic Baal, Hamari Traoré, Sanjin Prcić, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Morgan Amalfitano, Benjamin André, Ismaïla Sarr, Wahbi Khazri
Nice line-up (4-2-2-2)
Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Marlon, Christophe Jallet, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Allan Saint-Maximin, Pierre Lees-Melou, Vincent Koziello, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa