Montpellier 2-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 21 February 2021

Result

Montpellier 2-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 21 February 2021, 12:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Montpellier · Rennes · Ligue 1 predictions

Montpellier 2-1 Rennes: match report

Montpellier defeated Rennes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 21 February 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Stephy Mavididi opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Montpellier's goals came from Stephy Mavididi (17') and Stephy Mavididi (27'). Rennes scored through Serhou Guirassy (78').

Discipline: Montpellier received 1 yellow card; Rennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Montpellier were 9th on 35 points from 25 and Rennes 5th on 38 points from 24. Montpellier went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Rennes 6th with 58.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Rennes in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephy Alvaro Mavididi of Montpellier (8.8), ahead of Serhou Guirassy (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Montpellier win, 4 draws and 5 for Rennes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Stephy MavididiMontpellier · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · T. SavanierMontpellier
  • 27'Goal · Stephy MavididiMontpellier · 2-0
  • 51'Missed penalty · T. SavanierMontpellier
  • 64'Yellow card · Damien Da SilvaRennes
  • 78'Goal · Serhou GuirassyRennes · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Faitout MaouassaRennes

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Montpellier 1, draws 4, Rennes 5.

Team news

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

Jonas Omlin, Junior Sambia, Vitorino Hilton, Daniel Congré, Nicolas Cozza, Jordan Ferri, Gaëtan Laborde, Florent Mollet, Téji Savanier, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Elye Wahi

Rennes line-up (4-3-3)

Alfred Gomis, Hamari Traoré, Damien Da Silva, Nayef Aguerd, Adrien Truffert, Jonas Martin, Steven Nzonzi, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Jérémy Doku, Serhou Guirassy, Martin Terrier