Nice 0-1 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 February 2009
Result
Nice 0-1 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 21 February 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nice 0-1 Rennes: match report
Nice lost to Rennes 0-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 21 February 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Olivier Thomert of Rennes in the 68th minute.
Discipline: Nice received 3 yellow cards; Rennes received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nice were 8th on 39 points from 24 and Rennes 7th on 39 points from 24. Nice went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Rennes 7th with 61.
Nice lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rennes in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nice win, 3 draws and 3 for Rennes.
Going into the match Nice's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Rennes's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · D. Diakité
- 31'Yellow card · Carlos Bocanegra
- 40'Yellow card · Mahamane Traore
- 41'Yellow card · E. Faé
- 68'Goal · Olivier Thomert
- 85'Yellow card · Stephane M'Bia
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice expected line-up (4-4-2)
Hugo Lloris, Cyril Rool, Drissa Diakite, Cedric Kante, Onyekachi Apam, David Hellebuyck, Florent Balmont, Ederson, Bakari Koné, Anthony Modeste, Olivier Echouafni
Rennes expected line-up (4-3-3)
Patrice Luzi, Petter Hansson, John Mensah, Djimi Traoré, Romain Danzé, Fabien Lemoine, Leo Leroy, Olivier Thomert, Jimmy Briand, Mickael Pagis, Mehmet Yozgatlı