Nice 1-1 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 April 2018
Result
Nice 1-1 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 April 2018, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Nice 1-1 Rennes: match report
Nice drew with Rennes 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 8 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Alassane Plea opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Nice's goal came from Alassane Plea (17'). Rennes scored through Benjamin Bourigeaud (27').
Discipline: Nice received 4 yellow cards; Rennes received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nice were 7th on 45 points from 31 and Rennes 5th on 46 points from 31. Nice went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Rennes 5th with 58.
Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rennes in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alassane Pléa of Nice (8.1), ahead of Allan Saint-Maximin (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Nice wins, 3 draws and 1 for Rennes.
Going into the match Nice's last five read W-L-W-W-D and Rennes's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · J. Gélin
- 17'Goal · Alassane Plea
- 27'Goal · Benjamin Bourigeaud
- 37'Yellow card · Arnaud Souquet
- 45'Yellow card · Wahbi Khazri
- 69'Yellow card · Pierre Lees-Melou
- 78'Yellow card · Daniel Karlsson
- 82'Yellow card · Ismaïla Sarr
- 90+3'Yellow card · Benjamin André
- 90+4'Yellow card · Dante
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (4-3-3)
Walter Benítez, Arnaud Souquet, Marlon, Maxime Le Marchand, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Wylan Cyprien, Allan Saint-Maximin, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa
Rennes line-up (4-4-1-1)
Tomas Koubek, Mehdi Zeffane, Joris Gnagnon, Ramy Bensebaini, Jérémy Gélin, Ismaïla Sarr, Sanjin Prcić, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Benjamin André, Wahbi Khazri, Diafra Sakho