RENNES. Villarreal beat Rennes.
The match was played at the Stade de la Route de Lorient stadium in Rennes on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Atilla Karaoğlan with the support of Ceyhun Sesigüzel and Cevdet Kömürcüoğlu. The 4th official was Çağdaş Altay. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.59 degrees Celsius or 45.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 10 Total 13
- 6 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 110 Attack 70
- 65 Dangerous attack 21
- 73 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 1
- 4 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 14
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Rennes was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Villarreal that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rennes was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, Villarreal managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Rennes shot 10 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Villarreal shot 13 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Rennes received 4 yellow cards (Steve Mandanda, Christopher Wooh, Jeanuel Belocian and Benjamin Bourigeaud). Talking about the opposition, Villarreal received 3 yellow cards (Raúl Albiol, Dani Parejo and Gerard Moreno).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Rennes stays with 12 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Villarreal will has 13 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
Rennes – Formation
Rennes
45'
69'
37'
Rennes started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Julien Stéphan decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda , Christopher Wooh , Jeanuel Belocian , Arthur Theate , Lorenz Assignon , Nemanja Matić , Enzo Le Fée , Mahamadou Aboubakar Nagida , Benjamin Bourigeaud , Martin Terrier and Bertuğ Yıldırım .
The home team had on the bench: Adrien Truffert , Baptiste Santamaria, Arnaud Kalimuendo , Amine Gouiri , Ludovic Blas , Warmed Omari, Gauthier Gallon, Guéla Doué, Fabian Rieder, Désiré Doué, Ibrahim Salah and Geoffrey Lembet.
Rennes could not rely on the presence of Ludovic Blas (injured).
Substitutions
Rennes made 5 changes: Benjamin Bourigeaud for Ludovic Blas (55′), Bertuğ Yıldırım for Amine Gouiri (69′), Mahamadou Aboubakar Nagida for Ibrahim Salah (69′), Martin Terrier for Arnaud Kalimuendo (84′) and Jeanuel Belocian for Adrien Truffert (69′).
Player of the match: Ludovic Blas
The most impressive player for Rennes was Ludovic Blas.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 55′.
Villarreal – Formation
Villarreal
Villarreal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Marcelino García Toral played with: Pepe Reina , Juan Foyth , Raúl Albiol , Matteo Gabbia , Adrià Altimira , Ilias Akhomach , Étienne Capoue , Dani Parejo , Álex Baena , Gerard Moreno and Alexander Sørloth .
These were the players on the bench: Jorge Cuenca , Filip Jörgensen, Kiko Femenía, Ben Brereton Díaz , Manu Trigueros, José Luis Morales , Alberto Moreno, Francis Coquelin , Ramón Terrats and Iker Álvarez.
Villarreal could not rely on the presence of Ramón Terrats (injured).
Substitutions
Villarreal made 5 changes: Juan Foyth for Ramón Terrats (48′), Gerard Moreno for Ben Brereton Díaz (86′), Alexander Sørloth for José Luis Morales (73′), Étienne Capoue for Jorge Cuenca (85′) and Ilias Akhomach for Francis Coquelin (73′).
Player of the match: Gerard Moreno
The player that probably impressed the most for Villarreal was Gerard Moreno.
His rating is with 1 goal, 43 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Liverpool – 2-1
- LASK Linz – Toulouse – 1-2
- Rennes – Villarreal – 2-3
- Panathinaikos – Maccabi Haifa – 1-2
- Roma – Sheriff – 3-0
- Slavia Praha – Servette – 4-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Molde – 5-1
- Qarabağ – Häcken – 2-1
- West Ham United – SC Freiburg – 2-0
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Bačka Topola – 5-2
- Ajax – AEK Athens – 3-1
- Brighton & Hove Albion – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
- Real Betis – Rangers – 2-3
- Aris Limassol – Sparta Praha – 1-3
- Sporting CP – Sturm Graz – 3-0
- Raków Częstochowa – Atalanta – 0-4
