Metz 1-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 4 March 2017

Result

Metz 1-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 4 March 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Metz 1-1 Rennes: match report

Metz drew with Rennes 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

C. Diabaté opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Metz's goal came from C. Diabaté (45+1'). Rennes scored through Wesley Saïd (90').

Discipline: Metz received 3 yellow cards; Rennes received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Metz were 15th on 30 points from 26 and Rennes 8th on 36 points from 27. Metz went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Rennes 10th with 50.

Metz lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rennes in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ramy Bensebaini of Rennes (8.1), ahead of Thomas Didillon-Hödl (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Metz wins, 2 draws and 5 for Rennes.

Going into the match Metz's last five read L-D-L-W-W and Rennes's W-L-D-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Joris GnagnonRennes
  • 18'Yellow card · C. DiabatéMetz
  • 34'Yellow card · Yoann GourcuffRennes
  • 45+1'Goal · C. DiabatéMetz · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Giovanni SioRennes
  • 62'Yellow card · Simon FaletteMetz
  • 76'Yellow card · Iván BalliuMetz
  • 90'Goal · Wesley SaïdRennes · 1-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Metz 0, draws 2, Rennes 5.

Team news

Metz line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thomas Didillon-Hödl, Milan Biševac, Simon Falette, Franck Signorino, Iván Balliu, Fallou Diagne, Yann Jouffre, Cheick Doukouré, Renaud Cohade, Ismaïla Sarr, Cheick Diabaté

Rennes line-up (4-4-2)

Benoît Costil, Ramy Bensebaini, Ludovic Baal, Romain Danzé, Joris Gnagnon, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin André, Sanjin Prcić, Yoann Gourcuff, Firmin Ndombe Mubele, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio