Nice 2-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Friday 14 September 2018

Result

Nice 2-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Friday 14 September 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Nice 2-1 Rennes: match report

Nice defeated Rennes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday 14 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Nice's goals came from Allan Saint-Maximin (77') and Pierre Lees-Melou (89'). Rennes scored through an own goal by Malang Sarr (58').

Discipline: Nice received 4 yellow cards; Rennes received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nice were 17th on 4 points from 4 and Rennes 6th on 7 points from 4. Nice went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Rennes 10th with 52.

Nice lined up in a 3-5-2 and Rennes in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Allan Saint-Maximin of Nice (8.1), ahead of Pierre Lees-Melou (8.0).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Missed penalty · Benjamin BourigeaudRennes
  • 40'Yellow card · Christophe HérelleNice
  • 45+1'Yellow card · James Léa SilikiRennes
  • 58'Own goal · Malang SarrRennes · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · DanteNice
  • 74'Yellow card · Youcef AtalNice
  • 77'Goal · Allan Saint-MaximinNice · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Adrien TamèzeNice
  • 89'Goal · Pierre Lees-MelouNice · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Nice line-up (3-5-2)

Walter Benítez, C. Hérelle, Dante, Malang Sarr, Christophe Jallet, Wylan Cyprien, Adrien Tamèze, Pierre Lees-Melou, Racine Coly, Allan Saint-Maximin, Myziane Maolida

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

Tomas Koubek, Mehdi Zeffane, Damien Da Silva, Mexer, Ramy Bensebaini, Clément Grenier, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Benjamin André, James Léa Siliki, Romain Del Castillo, Jordan