Rennes 2-1 Nîmes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 February 2020

Result

Rennes 2-1 Nîmes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 February 2020, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rennes 2-1 Nîmes: match report

Rennes won against Nîmes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 23 February 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

N. Roux opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Rennes's goals came from M'Baye Niang (7') and M'Baye Niang (89'). Nîmes scored through N. Roux (1').

Discipline: Rennes received no yellow cards; Nîmes received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rennes were 4th on 41 points from 25 and Nîmes 18th on 27 points from 25. This fixture belongs to an earlier Ligue 1 season and is kept for reference.

Rennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nîmes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M'Baye Niang of Rennes (8.4), ahead of Raphinha (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rennes wins, 0 draws and 1 for Nîmes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · N. RouxNîmes · 0-1
  • 7'Goal · M'Baye NiangRennes · 1-1
  • 53'Red card · Anthony BriançonNîmes
  • 67'Yellow card · Gaëtan PaquiezNîmes
  • 89'Goal · M'Baye NiangRennes · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Rennes 2, draws 0, Nîmes 1.

Team news

Rennes line-up (4-4-2)

Edouard Mendy, Hamari Traoré, Damien Da Silva, Joris Gnagnon, Faitout Maouassa, Raphinha, Eduardo Camavinga, Steven Nzonzi, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Romain Del Castillo, M'Baye Niang

Nîmes line-up (4-2-3-1)

Paul Bernardoni, Sofiane Alakouch, Anthony Briançon, Loïck Landre, Gaëtan Paquiez, Lamine Fomba, Sidy Sarr, Zinedine Ferhat, Yassine Benrahou, Renaud Ripart, Nolan Roux