Metz 1-1 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 December 2017
Result
Metz 1-1 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 December 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Metz 1-1 Rennes: match report
Metz drew with Rennes 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 9 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Florent Mollet opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Metz's goal came from Florent Mollet (41'). Rennes scored through Firmin Ndombe Mubele (86').
Discipline: Metz received 3 yellow cards; Rennes received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Metz were 20th on 4 points from 16 and Rennes 6th on 24 points from 16. Metz went on to finish that season 20th with 26 points, and Rennes 5th with 58.
Metz lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rennes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florent Mollet of Metz (8.2), ahead of Firmin Ndombe Mubele (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Metz wins, 3 draws and 5 for Rennes.
Going into the match Metz's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Rennes's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Fallou Diagne
- 15'Yellow card · A. Hunou
- 28'Yellow card · James Léa Siliki
- 33'Yellow card · C. Philipps
- 41'Goal · Florent Mollet
- 56'Yellow card · Joris Gnagnon
- 56'Yellow card · Joris Gnagnon
- 73'Yellow card · I. Niane
- 86'Goal · Firmin Ndombe Mubele
Head-to-head
Team news
Metz line-up (4-3-3)
Eiji Kawashima, Fallou Diagne, Moussa Niakhaté, Jonathan Rivierez, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Gerónimo Poblete, Chris Philipps, Renaud Cohade, Florent Mollet, Julian Palmieri, Emmanuel Rivière
Rennes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomas Koubek, Mehdi Zeffane, Mexer, Jérémy Gélin, Hamari Traoré, James Léa Siliki, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Morgan Amalfitano, Benjamin André, Adrien Hunou, Brandon Thomas