Nantes 1-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Friday 20 April 2018

Result

Nantes 1-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Friday 20 April 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nantes 1-1 Rennes: match report

Nantes drew with Rennes 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday 20 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Adrien Thomasson opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Nantes's goal came from Adrien Thomasson (42'). Rennes scored through an own goal by Nicolas Pallois (81').

Discipline: Nantes received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nantes were 9th on 45 points from 33 and Rennes 5th on 47 points from 33. Nantes went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Rennes 5th with 58.

Nantes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rennes in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Benjamin Bourigeaud of Rennes (8.2), ahead of Joris Gnagnon (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Préjuce NakoulmaNantes
  • 40'Yellow card · Emiliano SalaNantes
  • 42'Goal · Adrien ThomassonNantes · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Andrei GirottoNantes
  • 43'Yellow card · Adrien ThomassonNantes
  • 46'Second yellow · Emiliano SalaNantes
  • 68'Yellow card · Diafra SakhoRennes
  • 71'Yellow card · Sanjin PrcicRennes
  • 81'Own goal · Nicolas PalloisRennes · 1-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · S. N'GomNantes

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Nantes line-up (4-4-2)

Ciprian Tătărușanu, Nicolas Pallois, Koffi Djidji, Lucas Lima, Chidozie Awaziem, Jules Iloki, Adrien Thomasson, Abdoulaye Touré, Andrei Girotto, Emiliano Sala, Préjuce Nakoulma

Rennes line-up (4-3-3)

Tomas Koubek, Joris Gnagnon, Ramy Bensebaini, Jérémy Gélin, Romain Danzé, Sanjin Prcić, James Léa Siliki, Morgan Amalfitano, Mehdi Zeffane, Wahbi Khazri, Benjamin Bourigeaud