Rennes 2-1 Paris Saint Germain: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 August 2019

Result

Rennes 2-1 Paris Saint Germain

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 August 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rennes 2-1 Paris Saint Germain: match report

Rennes won against Paris Saint Germain 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 August 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Rennes's goals came from M'Baye Niang (44') and Romain Del Castillo (48'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Edinson Cavani (36').

Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Paris Saint Germain received 5 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Ligue 1 season and is kept for reference.

Rennes lined up in a 5-3-2 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Thiago Silva of Paris Saint Germain (7.7), ahead of Kylian Mbappé (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rennes win, 1 draw and 8 for Paris Saint Germain.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Edinson CavaniParis Saint Germain · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Julian DraxlerParis Saint Germain
  • 44'Goal · M'Baye NiangRennes · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Romain Del CastilloRennes · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Thomas MeunierParis Saint Germain
  • 58'Yellow card · Marco VerrattiParis Saint Germain
  • 67'Yellow card · Juan BernatParis Saint Germain
  • 85'Yellow card · JordanRennes
  • 88'Yellow card · Edinson CavaniParis Saint Germain

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rennes 1, draws 1, Paris Saint Germain 8.

Team news

Rennes line-up (5-3-2)

Romain Salin, Damien Da Silva, Jérémy Morel, Faitout Maouassa, Jérémy Gélin, Hamari Traoré, Clément Grenier, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Eduardo Camavinga, M'Baye Niang, Romain Del Castillo

Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)

Alphonse Areola, Thiago Silva, Thomas Meunier, Juan Bernat, Abdou Diallo, Marquinhos, Marco Verratti, Julian Draxler, Kylian Mbappé, Edinson Cavani, Ángel Di María