Rennes 1-2 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 12 December 2021

Result

Rennes 1-2 Nice

Ligue 1 · Sunday 12 December 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rennes 1-2 Nice: match report

Rennes lost to Nice 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 12 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Kasper Dolberg opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Rennes's goal came from Benjamin Bourigeaud (59'). Nice scored through Kasper Dolberg (19', penalty) and Youcef Atal (51').

Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Nice received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 2nd on 31 points from 17 and Nice 4th on 28 points from 17. Rennes went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Nice 4th with 67.

Rennes lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nice in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Benjamin Bourigeaud of Rennes (8.6), ahead of Dante (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rennes win, 4 draws and 5 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · B. SantamaríaRennes
  • 19'Penalty goal · Kasper DolbergNice · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Walter BenítezNice
  • 51'Goal · Youcef AtalNice · 0-2
  • 59'Goal · Benjamin BourigeaudRennes · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Pablo RosarioNice
  • 81'Yellow card · A. GouiriNice
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Hicham BoudaouiNice

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rennes 1, draws 4, Nice 5.

Team news

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Rennes line-up (4-3-3)

Alfred Gomis, Hamari Traoré, Warmed Omari, Nayef Aguerd, Adrien Truffert, Lovro Majer, Jonas Martin, Baptiste Santamaria, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Gaëtan Laborde, Martin Terrier

Nice line-up (4-4-2)

Walter Benítez, Youcef Atal, Jean-Clair Todibo, Dante, Jordan Lotomba, Hicham Boudaoui, Pablo Rosario, Mario Lemina, Justin Kluivert, Kasper Dolberg, Amine Gouiri