Rennes 1-3 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 October 2015

Result

Rennes 1-3 Nice

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 October 2015, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rennes 1-3 Nice: match report

Rennes were beaten by Nice 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 October 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Mathieu Bodmer opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Rennes's goal came from Kamil Grosicki (88'). Nice scored through Mathieu Bodmer (14'), Hatem Ben Arfa (53'), Mahamane Traore (75') and Saïd Benrahma (80').

Discipline: Rennes received 2 yellow cards; Nice received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 5th on 16 points from 9 and Nice 9th on 14 points from 8. Rennes went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Nice 4th with 63.

Rennes lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Nice in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hatem Ben Arfa of Nice (9.1), ahead of Wallyson Mallmann (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rennes wins, 2 draws and 4 for Nice.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Mathieu BodmerNice · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Gelson FernandesRennes
  • 52'Yellow card · Valère GermainNice
  • 53'Goal · Hatem Ben ArfaNice · 0-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Giovanni SioRennes
  • 71'Yellow card · Mahamane TraoreNice
  • 71'Yellow card · Mahamane TraoreNice
  • 75'Goal · Mahamane TraoreNice · 0-3
  • 80'Goal · Saïd BenrahmaNice · 0-4
  • 88'Goal · Kamil GrosickiRennes · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rennes 4, draws 2, Nice 4.

Team news

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

Abdoulaye Diallo, Pedro Mendes, Fallou Diagne, Sylvain Armand, Gelson Fernandes, Steven Moreira, Yacouba Sylla, Ludovic Baal, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Pedro Henrique

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

Yoan Cardinale, Maxime Le Marchand, Ricardo Pereira, Mathieu Bodmer, Jérémy Pied, Jean Michaël Seri, Wallyson Mallmann, Nampalys Mendy, Vincent Koziello, Hatem Ben Arfa, Valère Germain