Rennes 1-1 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 23 January 2008

Result

Rennes 1-1 Nice

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 23 January 2008, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rennes 1-1 Nice: match report

Rennes drew with Nice 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 23 January 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jimmy Briand opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Rennes's goal came from Jimmy Briand (50'). Nice scored through Anthony Modeste (51').

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

Going into the game Rennes were 12th on 28 points from 21 and Nice 4th on 35 points from 21. Rennes went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Nice 8th with 55.

Rennes lined up in a 4-5-1 and Nice in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rennes wins, 2 draws and 1 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Florent BalmontNice
  • 42'Yellow card · Olivier SorlinRennes
  • 50'Goal · Jimmy BriandRennes · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Anthony ModesteNice · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Hugo LlorisNice
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Djimi TraoréRennes

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Rennes 2, draws 2, Nice 1.

Team news

Rennes line-up (4-5-1)

Simon Pouplin, Djimi Traoré, Rod Fanni, Petter Hansson, Olivier Thomert, Bruno Cheyrou, Fabien Lemoine, Olivier Sorlin, Sylvain Wiltord, Mickael Pagis, Jimmy Briand

Nice line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Alaeddine Yahia, Ismael Gace, Gerald Cid, David Hellebuyck, Ederson, Florent Balmont, Lilian Laslandes, Anthony Modeste, Olivier Echouafni, Cyril Jeunechamp