Rennes 3-1 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Monday 16 April 2012

Result

Rennes 3-1 Nice

Ligue 1 · Monday 16 April 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Rennes 3-1 Nice: match report

Rennes defeated Nice 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Monday 16 April 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Julien Féret opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Rennes's goals came from Julien Féret (23'), Tongo Doumbia (44') and Jonathan Pitroipa (82'). Nice scored through Francois Clerc (59').

Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Nice received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 7th on 48 points from 31 and Nice 14th on 34 points from 31. Rennes went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Nice 13th with 42.

Rennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nice in a 4-5-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Julien FéretRennes · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · D. DigardNice
  • 44'Goal · Tongo DoumbiaRennes · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · Francois ClercNice · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Francois ClercNice
  • 80'Yellow card · Jires Kembo-EkokoRennes
  • 82'Goal · Jonathan PitroipaRennes · 3-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Benoît Costil, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Onyekachi Apam, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, Romain Danzé, Julien Féret, Yann M'Vila, Tongo Doumbia, Jonathan Pitroipa, Youssouf Hadji, Yacine Brahimi

Nice line-up (4-5-1)

David Ospina, Drissa Diakite, Francois Clerc, D. Digard, Fabrice Abriel, Kafoumba Coulibaly, Kévin Anin, Eric Mouloungui, Esmaël Gonçalves, Nemanja Pejčinović, Julien Sable