Rennes 4-0 Nîmes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 December 2018
Result
Rennes 4-0 Nîmes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Rennes 4-0 Nîmes: match report
Rennes defeated Nîmes 4-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Benjamin André opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rennes's goals came from Benjamin André (6'), Benjamin Bourigeaud (14'), Jordan (47') and Jordan (67'). Nîmes did not score.
Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Nîmes received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rennes were 11th on 23 points from 17 and Nîmes 10th on 23 points from 17. Rennes went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Nîmes 9th with 53.
Rennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nîmes in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan of Rennes (9.0), ahead of Benjamin Bourigeaud (8.4).
Going into the match Rennes's last five read W-W-L-D-D and Nîmes's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Benjamin André
- 14'Goal · Benjamin Bourigeaud
- 33'Yellow card · Anthony Briançon
- 47'Goal · Jordan
- 67'Goal · Jordan
- 79'Yellow card · Hamari Traoré
- 88'Yellow card · Gaëtan Paquiez
Team news
Rennes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomas Koubek, Hamari Traoré, Damien Da Silva, Mexer, Ramy Bensebaini, Benjamin André, Clément Grenier, Ismaïla Sarr, Hatem Ben Arfa, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Jordan
Nîmes line-up (4-3-3)
Paul Bernardoni, Renaud Ripart, Anthony Briançon, Hervé Lybohy, Gaëtan Paquiez, Jordan Ferri, Téji Savanier, Théo Valls, Sada Thioub, Rachid Alioui, Denis Bouanga