Montpellier 2-0 Rennes: result and report

Montpellier 2-0 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 May 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Montpellier defeated Rennes 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 7 May 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

C. Ninga opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Montpellier's goals came from C. Ninga (58') and Ryad Boudebouz (70'). Rennes did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Montpellier were 15th on 40 points from 36 and Rennes 7th on 53 points from 36. Montpellier went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Rennes 8th with 54.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Rennes in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ellyes Skhiri of Montpellier (8.5), ahead of Casimir Ninga (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Montpellier wins, 2 draws and 3 for Rennes.

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