SAINT-ETIENNE. Rennes had an adventurous win over Saint-Étienne. The hero of the match was who scored in the 22nd, 28th, 45th, 48th and 83rd minute. Rennes took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Léonard who had the assistance of Gilles Lang and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Faouzi Benchabane.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 13 Total 16
- 3 On Target 10
- 10 Off Target 6
- 6 Shots blocked 2
- 78 Attack 100
- 37 Dangerous attack 48
- 77 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Rennes was in firm control of the ball 56% while Saint-Étienne was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Rennes has a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rennes won the match.
Saint-Étienne shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Rennes shot 16 times, 10 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card (M. Camara). Regarding the opposition, Rennes didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Saint-Étienne will stay with 12 points like Metz to remain in the 20th place. Regarding the opposition, Rennes will have 31 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne will play away against Reims on the 11th of December with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Saint-Étienne (6 draws).
Rennes will host Nice on the 12th of December with a 13-10 head to head statistic in favor of Nice (12 draws).
Saint-Étienne – Formation
Saint-Étienne
21'
76'
Saint-Étienne started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Claude Puel decided to play with the following team: Etienne Green , Yvann Maçon , Harold Moukoudi , Mickael Nade , Timothée Kolodziejczak , Arnaud Nordin , Ryad Boudebouz , Mahdi Camara , Adil Aouchiche , Jean-Philippe Krasso and Wahbi Khazri .
The home team had on the bench: Denis Bouanga , Miguel Trauco, Yanis Lhéry , Zaydou Youssouf , Lucas Gourna-Douath , Juan Ignacio Ramírez, Saïdou Sow , Maxence Rivera and Stefan Bajić.
Saint-Étienne could not rely on the presence of S. Sow (injured).
Substitutions
Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: H. Moukoudi for S. Sow (21′), A. Aouchiche for D. Bouanga (46′), J. Krasso for Y. Lhery (62′), A. Nordin for Z. Youssouf (62′) and R. Boudebouz for L. Douath (77′).
Best player: Wahbi Khazri
The most impressive player for Saint-Étienne was Wahbi Khazri.
His rating is with 23 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Rennes – Formation
Rennes
22', 28', 48'
Rennes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Bruno Génésio played with: Alfred Gomis , Lorenz Assignon , Warmed Omari , Nayef Aguerd , Adrien Truffert , Lovro Majer , Jonas Martin , Baptiste Santamaria , Benjamin Bourigeaud , Gaëtan Laborde and Martin Terrier .
They had on the bench: Loïc Badé , Matthis Abline, Sehrou Guirassy , Loum Tchaouna , Romain Salin, Andy Diouf, Hamari Traore, Lesley Ugochukwu and Kamaldeen Sulemana .
Rennes could not rely on the presence of K. D. Sulemana (injured).
Substitutions
Rennes made 5 changes: M. Terrier for K. D. Sulemana (63′), J. Martin for S. Guirassy (75′), L. Majer for C. Ugochukwu (81′), B. Bourigeaud for L. Tchaouna (81′) and N. Aguerd for L. Bade (81′).
Best player: Martin Terrier
The most impressive player for Rennes was Martin Terrier.
His rating is with 3 goals, 32 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Bordeaux – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-2
- Lorient – Nantes – 0-1
- Monaco – Metz – 4-0
- Montpellier – Clermont – 1-0
- Nice – Strasbourg – 0-3
- Reims – Angers SCO – 1-2
- Saint-Étienne – Rennes – 0-5
