Sochaux 2-1 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 December 2013
Result
Sochaux 2-1 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 December 2013, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sochaux 2-1 Rennes: match report
Sochaux defeated Rennes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 21 December 2013. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Cédric Bakambu opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Sochaux's goals came from Cédric Bakambu (18', penalty) and Cédric Bakambu (71'). Rennes scored through Romain Alessandrini (41', penalty).
Discipline: Sochaux received 1 yellow card; Rennes received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sochaux were 19th on 10 points from 18 and Rennes 15th on 20 points from 18. Sochaux went on to finish that season 18th with 41 points, and Rennes 11th with 47.
Sochaux lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rennes in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Cédric Bakambu of Sochaux (8.7), ahead of Romain Alessandrini (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sochaux wins, 1 draw and 5 for Rennes.
Going into the match Sochaux's last five read L-L-L-L-D and Rennes's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 18'Penalty goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 29'Yellow card · Romain Alessandrini
- 32'Yellow card · Sébastien Corchia
- 41'Penalty goal · Romain Alessandrini
- 71'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 80'Yellow card · Jonathan Pitroipa
Head-to-head
Team news
Sochaux line-up (4-3-3)
Pierrick Cros, Sébastien Corchia, Cedric Kante, Mathieu Peybernes, Dale Pelayo, Thierry Doubai, Sanjin Prcić, Marco Ilaimaharitra, Roy Contout, Vincent Nogueira, Cédric Bakambu
Rennes line-up (4-3-3)
Benoît Costil, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, Sylvain Armand, Emerson, Romain Danzé, Jean Makoun, Vincent Pajot, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Jonathan Pitroipa, Nélson Oliveira, Romain Alessandrini