RENNES. Rennes conquers Clermont 2-0 after A. Kalimuendo scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastien Dechepy assisted by Julien Haulbert and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Arnaud Baert. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.8 degrees Celsius or 55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rennes had a strong ball possession 60% while Clermont was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Clermont was more pushing with 37 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Rennes was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Rennes shot 18 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Clermont shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Rennes didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Clermont received 2 yellow cards (Mateusz Wieteska and Elbasan Rashani).

Standings

After playing this match, Rennes will have 43 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Clermont will stay with 30 points to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Rennes will host Olympique Marseille on the 5th of March with a 17-10 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (12 draws).

Clermont will play away agasint Toulouse on the 5th of March with a 2-2 head to head record.

Rennes – Formation

Rennes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda (7.2), Djed Spence (6.9), Warmed Omari (7.9), Jeanuel Belocian (6.8), Birger Meling (7.0), Lovro Majer (6.5), Baptiste Santamaria (7.2), Benjamin Bourigeaud (7.1), Désiré Doué (7.2), Karl Toko Ekambi (7.1) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (8.7).

The home team had on the bench: Amine Gouiri (6.6), Lesley Ugochukwu (6.2), Joe Rodon, Adrien Truffert (6.4), Arthur Theate, Christopher Wooh, Doğan Alemdar, Ibrahim Salah and Jeremy Doku.

Substitutions

Rennes made 5 changes: Birger Meling for Adrien Truffert (75′), D. Doué for C. Ugochukwu (75′), Karl Toko Ekambi for Amine Gouiri (75′), Lovro Majer for Jeremy Doku (85′) and A. Kalimuendo for Ibrahim Salah (85′).

Best player: Arnaud Kalimuendo​

The most impressive player for Rennes was Arnaud Kalimuendo.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 12 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Clermont – Formation

Clermont started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Pascal Gastien played with: Mory Diaw (6.8), Cheick Konate (7.0), Mateusz Wieteska (6.6), Florent Ogier (6.1), Jim Allevinah (6.7), Yohann Magnin (6.6), Elbasan Rashani (6.2), Neto Borges (6.5), Muhammed Cham-Saračević (7.0), Aïman Maurer (7.1) and Grejohn Kyei (6.7).

They had on the bench: Giovani Versini, Maxime Gonalons (6.3), Souleymane Cissé, Ouparine Djoco, Baïla Diallo (6.4), Komnen Andrić (6.6), Mehdi Zeffane (6.7) and Yanis Massolin (6.6).

Substitutions

Clermont made 5 changes: Elbasan Rashani for Maxime Gonalons (68′), Grejohn Kyei for Komnen Andrić (68′), Jim Allevinah for Mehdi Zeffane (79′), Muhammed Cham for Yanis Massolin (85′) and A. Maurer for B. Diallo (85′).

Best player: Aïman Maurer​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Clermont was Aïman Maurer.

His rating is (7.1) with 12 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Toulouse – Olympique Marseille – 2-3
• Paris Saint Germain – Lille – 4-3
• Troyes – Montpellier – 0-1
• Rennes – Clermont – 2-0
• Brest – Monaco – 1-2
• Lens – Nantes – 3-1
• Lorient – Ajaccio – 3-0