Reims 3-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Thursday 29 December 2022

Result

Reims 3-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Thursday 29 December 2022, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Reims 3-1 Rennes: match report

Reims defeated Rennes 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Thursday 29 December 2022. The half-time score was 2-1.

F. Balogun opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Reims's goals came from F. Balogun (6'), Alexis Flips (22') and F. Balogun (84'). Rennes scored through Arthur Theate (45+1').

Discipline: Reims received 2 yellow cards; Rennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reims were 12th on 17 points from 15 and Rennes 3rd on 31 points from 15. Reims went on to finish that season 11th with 51 points, and Rennes 4th with 68.

Reims lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rennes in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Folarin Balogun of Reims (8.8), ahead of Alexis Flips (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Reims wins, 2 draws and 2 for Rennes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · F. BalogunReims · 1-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Junya ItoReims
  • 22'Goal · Alexis FlipsReims · 2-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Benjamin BourigeaudRennes
  • 45+1'Goal · Arthur TheateRennes · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · W. OmariRennes
  • 83'Yellow card · F. BalogunReims
  • 84'Goal · F. BalogunReims · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reims 6, draws 2, Rennes 2.

Team news

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Reims line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yehvann Diouf, Thomas Foket, Emmanuel Agbadou, Yunis Abdelhamid, Thibault De Smet, Marshall Nyasha Munetsi, Azor Matusiwa, Junya Ito, Alexis Flips, Arbër Zeneli, Folarin Balogun

Rennes line-up (4-3-3)

Steve Mandanda, Hamari Traoré, Warmed Omari, Arthur Theate, Adrien Truffert, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Lesley Ugochukwu, Flavien Tait, Amine Gouiri, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Martin Terrier