Montpellier 0-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 28 October 2017

Result

Montpellier 0-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 28 October 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Montpellier 0-1 Rennes: match report

Montpellier were beaten by Rennes 0-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 28 October 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Brandon Thomas of Rennes in the 59th minute.

Discipline: Montpellier received 4 yellow cards; Rennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 8th on 15 points from 10 and Rennes 15th on 9 points from 10. Montpellier went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Rennes 5th with 58.

Montpellier lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Rennes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hamari Traoré of Rennes (8.1), ahead of Paul Lasne (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Montpellier wins, 3 draws and 3 for Rennes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Ruben AguilarMontpellier
  • 25'Yellow card · Faitout MaouassaRennes
  • 55'Yellow card · Ellyes SkhiriMontpellier
  • 59'Goal · Brandon ThomasRennes · 0-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Isaac MbenzaMontpellier
  • 66'Yellow card · Benjamin BourigeaudRennes
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Daniel CongréMontpellier

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Montpellier 4, draws 3, Rennes 3.

Team news

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

Benjamin Lecomte, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, Pedro Mendes, Ruben Aguilar, Paul Lasne, Ellyes Skhiri, Nordi Mukiele, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Isaac Mbenza, Stéphane Sessègnon

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

Tomas Koubek, Joris Gnagnon, Ramy Bensebaini, Ludovic Baal, Hamari Traoré, Brandon Thomas, James Léa Siliki, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Faitout Maouassa, Benjamin André, Adrien Hunou