RENNES. Reims defeats Rennes with a 2-0 win with a goal from H. Ekitike (26′) and a goal from N. Koffi (67′). Rennes lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (64%). It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. In front of 24,486 spectators. The referee was Thomas Léonard with the assistance of Gilles Lang and Gwenaël Pasqualotti. The 4th official was Faouzi Benchabane. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.6 degrees Celsius or 70.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Rennes started with a aggressive line-up. On the other side, Reims adopted for a 3-1-4-2 formation.
Rennes – Formation
Rennes
58'
69'
Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Romain Salin , Hamari Traore , Warmed Omari , Nayef Aguerd , Adrien Truffert , Benjamin Bourigeaud , Baptiste Santamaria , Flavien Tait , Gaëtan Laborde , Sehrou Guirassy and Martin Terrier .
The home team had on the bench: Loum Tchaouna, Kamal Deen Sulemana , Andy Diouf, Pépé Bonet, Mathys Tel , Jonas Martin, Matthis Abline , Lorenz Assignon and Lesley Ugochukwu .
Rennes could not rely on the presence of C. Ugochukwu (injured).
Best player: Benjamin Bourigeaud
The player that probably impressed the most for Rennes was Benjamin Bourigeaud.
His rating is with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Reims – Formation
Reims
26'
On the opposite side, Óscar Génésio played with: Predrag Rajković , Andrew Gravillon , Wout Faes , Yunis Abdelhamid , Azor Matusiwa , Thomas Foket , Ilan Kebbal , Marshall Munetsi , Ghislain Konan , Mitchell Van Bergen and Hugo Ekitike .
They had on the bench: Valon Berisha , Moreto Cassama, Anastasios Donis, Nathanael Mbuku , Yehvann Diouf, Dion Lopy, Alexis Flips, Bradley Locko and N’Dri Philippe Koffi .
Best player: Ilan Kebbal
The player that probably impressed the most for Reims was Ilan Kebbal even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 33 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
Match report
Rennes was in firm control of the ball 64% while Reims was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Rennes was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Reims managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Rennes shot 10 times, 1 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Reims shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Rennes received 1 yellow card (N. Aguerd). On the other sidee, Reims received 2 yellow cards (M. Munetsi and A. Gravillon).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Rennes will stay with 5 points to stay in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Reims will have 6 points to stay in the 10th place.
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Rennes will play away with Olympique Marseille on the 19th of September with a 14-8 head to head record in favor of Olympique Marseille (10 draws). Reims will host against Lorient on the 19th of September with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Lorient (3 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Bordeaux – Lens – 2-3
- Brest – Angers SCO – 1-1
- Olympique Lyonnais – Strasbourg – 3-1
- Metz – Troyes – 0-2
- Montpellier – Saint-Étienne – 2-0
- Nantes – Nice – 0-2
- Rennes – Reims – 0-2
