Rennes 2-0 Nantes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 December 2006

Result

Rennes 2-0 Nantes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 December 2006, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rennes 2-0 Nantes: match report

Rennes defeated Nantes 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 2 December 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mario Melchiot opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Rennes's goals came from Mario Melchiot (39') and Bruno Cheyrou (79'). Nantes did not score.

Discipline: Rennes received 4 yellow cards; Nantes received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 12th on 17 points from 15 and Nantes 18th on 12 points from 15. Rennes went on to finish that season 3rd with 57 points, and Nantes 20th with 35.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rennes win, 0 draws and 1 for Nantes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · E. FaéNantes
  • 39'Goal · Mario MelchiotRennes · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Grégory BourillonRennes
  • 76'Yellow card · Jacques FatyRennes
  • 77'Yellow card · Nourdin BoukhariNantes
  • 79'Goal · Bruno CheyrouRennes · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Mamadou DialloNantes
  • 86'Yellow card · Jean-Joel Perrier-DoumbeRennes
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Bruno CheyrouRennes

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rennes 1, draws 0, Nantes 1.

Team news

Rennes line-up

Simon Pouplin, Erik Kenneth Edman, Jacques Faty, Grégory Bourillon, Mario Melchiot, Bruno Cheyrou, Olivier Monterrubio, Étienne Didot, Olivier Sorlin, John Utaka, Daniel Moreira

Nantes line-up

Vladimir Stojkovic, Franck Signorino, Mauro Cetto, Jean Jacques Pierre, Eric Cubilier, Emerse Fae, Alioum Saidou, Miloš Dimitrijević, Dimitri Payet, Claudiu Keșerü, Guillaume Norbert