REIMS. Rennes defeated Reims. Rennes made the most of its superior ball possession (60%).

M. Doumbia didn’t score a decisive penalty (78′). That would have allowed Reims to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II stadium in Reims on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Romain Lissorgue with the collaboration of Steven Torregrossa and Mikael Berchebru. The 4th official was Aurélien Petit. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Reims

2 - 3

Rennes

  • 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
  • 14 Total 15
  • 6 On Target 7
  • 8 Off Target 8
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 88 Attack 112
  • 49 Dangerous attack 29
  • 73 Ball safe 90
  • 2 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 6
  • 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 15 Total 7
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Rennes had a strong ball possession 60% while Reims was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Reims was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Rennes was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Reims shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rennes shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Reims received 2 yellow cards (M. Munetsi and M. Busi). On the other side, Rennes didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

39'
Benjamin Bourigeaud(goal)G. Laborde
Marshall Munetsi- Yellow
41'
43'
Benjamin Bourigeaud(goal)H. Traore
55'
55'
56'
58'
Martin Terrier(goal)N. Aguerd
Maxime Busi(goal)G. Konan
60'
62'
Maxime Busi- Yellow
68'
76'
78'
81'
84'
84'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Paris Saint Germain
86
38
Olympique Marseille
71
38
Monaco
69
38
Rennes
66
38
Nice
66
38
Strasbourg
63
38
Lens
62
38
Olympique Lyonnais
61
38
Nantes
55
38
LOSC Lille
55
38
Brest
48
38
Reims
46
38
Montpellier
43
38
Angers SCO
41
38
Troyes
38
38
Lorient
36
38
Clermont
36
38
Saint-Étienne
32
38
Metz
31
38
Bordeaux
31
38

After playing this match, Reims will stay with 36 points to sit in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Rennes will have 56 points like Olympique Marseille to gain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will play away against Montpellier on the 17th of April with a 9-9 head to head stats.

Rennes will host Monaco on the 15th of April with a 15-9 head to head statistic in favor of Monaco (7 draws).

Reims – Formation

Reims
G
Predrag Rajkovic 1.Serbia
6.5
D
Yunis Abdelhamid 5.Morocco
6.4
D
Thomas Foket 32.Belgium
6.6
D
Wout Faes 2.Belgium
6.3
M
Ghislain Konan 3.Ivory Coast
7.2
M
Maxime Busi 4.Belgium
7.0
68' 60'
M
Valon Berisha 14.Kosovo
7.0
55'
M
Marshall Munetsi 15.Zimbabwe
7.1
41'
M
Dion Lopy 26.Senegal
6.5
62'
F
Mitchell van Bergen 19.Netherlands
7.4
56'
F
Nathanaël Mbuku 11.France
6.4
55'
Substitutes
G
Yehvann Diouf 16.France
D
Bradley Locko 28.France
6.4
55'
M
Kamory Doumbia 33.Mali
M
Moreto Cassamá 23.Guinea-Bissau
M
Jens Cajuste 8.Sweden
7.8
55' 81'
M
Ilan Kebbal 20.Algeria
7.1
62'
M
Alexis Flips 12.France
M
Moussa Doumbia 25.Mali
6.3
56'
F
Fraser Hornby 18.Scotland

Reims started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Óscar García Junyent decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Reims made 4 changes: N. Mbuku for J. Cajuste (55′), V. Berisha for B. Locko (55′), M. van Bergen for M. Doumbia (56′) and D. Lopy for I. Kebbal (62′).

Rennes – Formation

Rennes
G
D. Alemdar 40.Turkey
7.8
D
Hamari Traoré 27.Mali
7.3
84'
D
Nayef Aguerd 6.Morocco
6.6
D
Warmed Omari 23.France
6.4
D
Adrien Truffert 3.France
5.7
M
Jonas Martin 28.France
6.6
M
Benjamin Bourigeaud 14.France
8.8
90' 39', 43'
M
Baptiste Santamaría 8.France
7.0
M
Lovro Majer 21.Croatia
7.1
76'
M
Martin Terrier 7.France
7.1
90' 58'
F
Gaëtan Laborde 24.France
7.3
84'
Substitutes
G
Romain Salin 1.France
D
Birger Meling 25.Norway
90'
D
Lorenz Assignon 22.France
6.5
84'
M
F. Tait 20.France
6.7
76'
M
Lesley Ugochukwu 26.France
90'
M
Andy Diouf 19.France
F
Serhou Guirassy 9.Guinea
6.4
84'
F
Loum Tchaouna 17.France
F
Mathys Tel 39.France

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

Bruno Génésio played with: .

Substitutions

Rennes made 5 changes: L. Majer for F. Tait (76′), G. Laborde for S. Guirassy (84′), H. Traore for L. Assignon (84′), M. Terrier for B. Meling (90′) and B. Bourigeaud for C. Ugochukwu (90′).

Results of the day

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