RENNES. Rennes crushes Metz 5-1 with goals of Arnaud Kalimuendo (20′), Amine Gouiri (51′), Jeremy Doku (67′), Ibrahim Salah (87′) and Ibrahim Salah (90′). On the opposite side, Metz scored with ​Youssef Maziz (22′). Rennes was truly superior in terms of ball possession (70%) 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 5:05 pm local time. The referee was Jeremy Stinat who had the assistance of Christophe Mouysset and François Boudikian. The 4th official was Faouzi Benchabane. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.35 degrees Celsius or 75.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rennes was in firm control of the ball 70% while Metz was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rennes had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 14 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rennes won the match​.

Rennes shot 29 times, 14 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Metz shot 9 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Rennes didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Metz received 2 yellow cards (Koffi Kouao and Maxime Colin).

Standings

After this match, Rennes has 3 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. On the opposite side, Metz stays with 0 points (18th).

Next matches

Rennes – Formation

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

The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda (6.7), Lorenz Assignon (7.5), Warmed Omari (7.1), Arthur Theate (7.0), Adrien Truffert, Jeanuel Belocian (7.3), Benjamin Bourigeaud (8.0), Baptiste Santamaria (6.5), Enzo Le Fée (7.7), Jeremy Doku (9.5), Arnaud Kalimuendo (7.8) and Amine Gouiri (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Gauthier Gallon, Christopher Wooh, Flavien Tait, Lovro Majer (6.8), Birger Meling (6.7), Guéla Doué, Ibrahim Salah, Matthis Abline and Désiré Doué (6.6).

Substitutions

Rennes made 5 changes: Enzo Le Fée for Désiré Doué (74′), Arnaud Kalimuendo for Lovro Majer (74′), Jeanuel Belocian for Birger Meling (74′), Jeremy Doku for Ibrahim Salah (84′) and Lorenz Assignon for Guéla Doué (90′).

Best player: Jeremy Doku​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rennes was Jeremy Doku.

His rating is (9.5) with 1 goal, 38 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.

Metz – Formation

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

László Bölöni played with: Alexandre Oukidja (8.2), Maxime Colin (6.3), Ismaël Traoré (6.7), Fali Candé (7.0), Matthieu Udol, Koffi Kouao (5.9), Danley Jean Jacques (6.1), Kévin N’Doram (6.8), Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (6.5), Lamine Camara (6.5), Youssef Maziz (7.0) and Georges Mikautadze (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Guillaume Dietsch, Simon Elisor, Aboubacar Lô (6.6), Benjamin Tetteh (6.5), Habib Maïga, Arthur Atta (6.6), Malick Mbaye (6.8), Sadibou Sané and Jean N’Guessan (6.3).

Substitutions

Metz made 4 changes: Koffi Kouao for Aboubacar Lô (75′), Lamine Camara for Benjamin Tetteh (75′), Danley Jean Jacques for Arthur Atta (85′) and Jean N’Guessan for Jean N’Guessan (85′).

Best player: Alexandre Oukidja​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Metz was the goalkeeper: Alexandre Oukidja. His rating is 8.16. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Strasbourg – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-1
• Brest – Lens – 3-2
• Montpellier – Le Havre – 2-2
• Nantes – Toulouse – 1-2
• Clermont – Monaco – 2-4
• Rennes – Metz – 5-1