Rennes 2-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 4 December 2016

Result

Rennes 2-0 Saint-Étienne

Ligue 1 · Sunday 4 December 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rennes 2-0 Saint-Étienne: match report

Rennes defeated Saint-Étienne 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 4 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Paul-Georges Ntep opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Rennes's goals came from Paul-Georges Ntep (54') and Kamil Grosicki (90+2'). Saint-Étienne did not score.

Discipline: Rennes received 3 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 6th on 24 points from 15 and Saint-Étienne 7th on 23 points from 15. Rennes went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Saint-Étienne 7th with 51.

Rennes lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Loïc Perrin of Saint-Étienne (8.2), ahead of Joris Gnagnon (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rennes win, 6 draws and 3 for Saint-Étienne.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · Gelson FernandesRennes
  • 54'Goal · Paul-Georges NtepRennes · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Jordan VeretoutSaint-Étienne
  • 65'Yellow card · Benjamin AndréRennes
  • 73'Yellow card · Giovanni SioRennes
  • 83'Yellow card · Ole SelnaesSaint-Étienne
  • 90+2'Goal · Kamil GrosickiRennes · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rennes 1, draws 6, Saint-Étienne 3.

Team news

Rennes line-up (4-4-1-1)

Benoît Costil, Ramy Bensebaini, Ludovic Baal, Romain Danzé, Joris Gnagnon, Gelson Fernandes, Paul-Georges Ntep, Benjamin André, Adrien Hunou, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Yoann Gourcuff

Saint-Étienne line-up (4-3-3)

Stéphane Ruffier, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Léo Lacroix, Cheikh M'Bengue, Loïc Perrin, Bryan Dabo, Jordan Veretout, Ole Selnæs, Nolan Roux, Oussama Tannane, Romain Hamouma