Rennes 2-0 Nîmes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 May 2021

Result

Rennes 2-0 Nîmes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 May 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Rennes · Nîmes · Ligue 1 predictions

Rennes 2-0 Nîmes: match report

Rennes won against Nîmes 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 23 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Serhou Guirassy opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Rennes's goals came from Serhou Guirassy (24') and Benjamin Bourigeaud (50'). Nîmes did not score.

Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Nîmes received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 7th on 55 points from 37 and Nîmes 19th on 35 points from 37. Rennes went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Nîmes 19th with 35.

Rennes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nîmes in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Benjamin Bourigeaud of Rennes (8.5), ahead of Steven Nzonzi (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rennes wins, 0 draws and 1 for Nîmes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Serhou GuirassyRennes · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Benjamin BourigeaudRennes · 2-0
  • 89'Yellow card · L. UgochukwuRennes

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Rennes 4, draws 0, Nîmes 1.

Team news

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Rennes line-up (4-4-2)

Alfred Gomis, Hamari Traoré, Gerzino Nyamsi, Nayef Aguerd, Adrien Truffert, Jérémy Doku, Steven Nzonzi, Eduardo Camavinga, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Serhou Guirassy, Martin Terrier

Nîmes line-up (4-1-4-1)

Baptiste Reynet, Patrick Burner, Naomichi Ueda, Loïck Landre, Birger Meling, Andrés Cubas, Niclas Eliasson, Antoine Valério, Mattéo Ahlinvi, Renaud Ripart, Moussa Koné