RENNES. Rennes demolishes Troyes 4-0 with goals of Arthur Theate (15′), Benjamin Bourigeaud (65′), Karl Toko Ekambi (71′) and Karl Toko Ekambi (74′). Rennes was surely superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
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 Stéphanie Frappart with the help of Mikael Berchebru and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Brendan Roffet. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20 degrees Celsius or 68.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Rennes was in firm control of the ball 67% while Troyes was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Rennes was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rennes won the match.
Rennes shot 26 times, 10 on target, 16 off target. Regarding the opposition, Troyes shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Rennes didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Troyes received 1 yellow card (Rominigue Kouamé).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Rennes will have 59 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Troyes will stay with 22 points to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Rennes will play away against Brest on the 3rd of June with a 12-3 head to head statistic in favor of Rennes (6 draws).
Troyes will play away agasint Angers SCO on the 27th of May with a 8-8 head to head stats.
Rennes – Formation
Rennes started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda , Hamari Traore , Warmed Omari , Arthur Theate , Jeanuel Belocian , Baptiste Santamaria , Jeremy Doku , Benjamin Bourigeaud , Lovro Majer , Amine Gouiri and Karl Toko Ekambi .
The home team had on the bench: Lorenz Assignon , Joe Rodon, Doğan Alemdar, Ibrahim Salah , Alan Do Marcolino, Lesley Ugochukwu, Flavien Tait , Guéla Doué and Elias Damergy.
Substitutions
Rennes made 5 changes: B. Santamaría for Flavien Tait (77′), Karl Toko Ekambi for Ibrahim Salah (78′), Hamari Traoré for Lorenz Assignon (81′), Benjamin Bourigeaud for C. Ugochukwu (87′) and J. Doku for Alan Do Marcolino (88′).
Best player: Jeremy Doku
The most impressive player for Rennes was Jeremy Doku even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 47 passes (97% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Troyes – Formation
Troyes started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Patrick Kisnorbo played with: Gauthier Gallon , Tanguy Zoukrou , Adil Rami , Erik Palmer-Brown , Andreas Bruus , Rominigue Kouamé , Xavier Chavalerin , Yasser Larouci , Rony Lopes , Mama Baldé and Wilson Odobert .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kyliane Dong , Papa Ndiaga Yade, Lucien Agoumé, Rudy Kohon, Mateusz Lis, Ryan Fage, Abdu Conté , Jackson Porozo and Ante Palaversa.
Substitutions
Troyes made 2 changes: Y. Larouci for Abdu Conte (69′) and T. Zoukrou for Jackson Porozo Vernaza (81′).
Best player: Jackson Porozo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Troyes was Jackson Porozo.
His rating is with 1 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 81′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Marseille – Angers SCO – 3-1
- Clermont – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-1
- Toulouse – Nantes – 0-0
- Rennes – Troyes – 4-0
- Brest – Auxerre – 1-0
- Montpellier – Lorient – 1-1
- Monaco – Lille – 0-0