NANTES. Rennes prevails over Nantes 1-0 after J. Doku scored just 1 goal (20′).

The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérémie Pignard with the help of Aurélien Drouet and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Samir Zolota. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 7.8 degrees Celsius or 45.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nantes had a superior ball possession 55% while Rennes was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nantes had a more offensive attitude with 81 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, Rennes managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Nantes shot 20 times, 8 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Rennes shot 12 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Nantes received 2 yellow cards (Fabien Centonze and Marcus Coco). Talking about the opposition, Rennes received 2 yellow cards (W. Omari and A. Truffert).

Standings

After this match, Nantes will stay with 28 points to hold in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Rennes will have 46 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away against Paris Saint Germain on the 4th of March with a 24-3 head to head in favor of Paris Saint Germain (2 draws).

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).

Nantes – Formation

Nantes adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont (6.8), Fabien Centonze (6.8), Andrei Girotto (7.4), Jean-Charles Castelletto (6.6), Jaouen Hadjam (6.9), Florent Mollet (7.4), Pedro Chirivella (6.8), Samuel Moutoussamy (7.1), Ludovic Blas (7.6), Andy Delort (7.0) and Ignatius Ganago (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Evann Guessand (6.5), Moussa Sissoko, Sébastien Corchia, Marcus Coco (6.4), João Victor, Mostafa Mohamed (6.5), Rémy Descamps, Lohann Doucet and Moses Simon (7.0).

Nantes could not rely on the presence of Marcus Coco (injured).

Substitutions

Nantes made 5 changes: Andy Delort for Mostafa Mohamed (69′), Florent Mollet for Moses Simon (69′), Pedro Chirivella for Evann Guessand (78′), Ignatius Ganago for Marcus Coco (84′) and Samuel Moutoussamy for Moussa Sissoko (84′).

Best player: Ludovic Blas​

The most impressive player for Nantes was Ludovic Blas.

His rating is (7.6) with 48 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses.

Rennes – Formation

Also Rennes adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Bruno Génésio played with: Steve Mandanda (8.2), Djed Spence (7.3), Warmed Omari (6.8), Arthur Theate (7.3), Adrien Truffert (8.0), Lovro Majer (6.5), Benjamin Bourigeaud (7.1), Baptiste Santamaria (7.0), Jeremy Doku (7.9), Arnaud Kalimuendo (6.5) and Ibrahim Salah (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Joe Rodon, Christopher Wooh, Karl Toko Ekambi (6.4), Lesley Ugochukwu (6.5), Amine Gouiri (6.7), Jeanuel Belocian, Birger Meling, Désiré Doué (6.4) and Doğan Alemdar.

Rennes could not rely on the presence of Birger Meling (injured).

Substitutions

Rennes made 5 changes: J. Doku for C. Ugochukwu (56′), A. Kalimuendo for Amine Gouiri (56′), I. Salah for Karl Toko Ekambi (64′), Lovro Majer for Desire Doue (64′) and Benjamin Bourigeaud for Birger Meling (84′).

Best player: Steve Mandanda​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rennes was the goalkeeper: Steve Mandanda. His rating is 8.22. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Marseille – Paris Saint Germain – 0-3
• Monaco – Nice – 0-3
• Reims – Toulouse – 3-0
• Nantes – Rennes – 0-1
• Clermont – Strasbourg – 1-1
• Ajaccio – Troyes – 2-1
• Lorient – Auxerre – 0-1