RENNES. Rennes was in the end too good for Nantes with the goal of A. Gouiri (26′), M. Terrier (80′) and D. Doue (84′). Rennes capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).

Rennes remained in 10 after J. Rodon received a red card in the 89′.

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 Florent Batta with the help of Alexandre Viala and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Olivier Thual. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.5 degrees Celsius or 68.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rennes was in firm control of the ball 58% while Nantes was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rennes was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rennes won the match​.

Rennes shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Nantes shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Rennes received 1 yellow card (H. Traore). On the other side, Nantes didn’t receive any yellow card.

(Rennes) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (89′).

Standings

After playing this match, Rennes will have 18 points to hold in the 6th place. On the other side, Nantes will stay with 7 points like Ajaccio to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Rennes will play away against Angers SCO on the 23rd of October with a 11-3 head to head stats in favor of Rennes (4 draws).

Nantes will host Brest on the 16th of October with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Nantes (2 draws).

Rennes – Formation

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

The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda (7.3), Hamari Traore (6.7), Joe Rodon (6.4), Arthur Theate (6.6), Adrien Truffert (7.1), Benjamin Bourigeaud (6.9), Xeka (7.1), Flavien Tait (7.5), Martin Terrier (8.6), Arnaud Kalimuendo (6.7) and Amine Gouiri (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Doğan Alemdar, Matthis Abline, Christopher Wooh, Birger Meling, Désiré Doué (7.2), Lovro Majer (7.0), Lesley Ugochukwu (6.2), Kamaldeen Sulemana and Lorenz Assignon.

Substitutions

Rennes made 5 changes: Xeka for C. Ugochukwu (75′), A. Kalimuendo for L. Majer (75′), B. Bourigeaud for D. Doue (84′), A. Gouiri for M. Abline (88′) and M. Terrier for K. Sulemana (88′).

Best player: Martin Terrier​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rennes was Martin Terrier.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 48 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 15 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.

Nantes – Formation

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

Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont (6.0), Dennis Appiah (5.9), Jean-Charles Castelletto (6.4), Nicolas Pallois (7.0), Quentin Merlin (6.5), Samuel Moutoussamy (6.2), Pedro Chirivella (6.5), Ludovic Blas (6.6), Moussa Sissoko (6.6), Moses Simon (6.1) and Mostafa Mohamed (6.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Andrei Girotto, Sébastien Corchia, Kader Bamba, Ignatius Ganago (6.9), Rémy Descamps, Lohann Doucet, Denis Petrić, Marcus Coco and Evann Guessand.

Substitutions

Nantes made 3 changes: S. Moutoussamy for I. Ganago (71′), D. Appiah for S. Corchia (81′) and M. Sissoko for E. Guessand (81′).

Best player: Nicolas Pallois​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Nicolas Pallois.

His rating is (7.0) with 27 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Rennes – Nantes – 3-0
• Brest – Lorient – 1-2
• Nice – Troyes – 3-2
• Montpellier – Monaco – 0-2
• Lille – Lens – 1-0
• Clermont – Auxerre – 2-1
• Angers SCO – Strasbourg – 2-3