Rennes 2-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 4 December 2016
Result
Rennes 2-0 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Sunday 4 December 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rennes 2-0 Saint-Étienne: match report
Rennes defeated Saint-Étienne 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 4 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Paul-Georges Ntep opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Rennes's goals came from Paul-Georges Ntep (54') and Kamil Grosicki (90+2'). Saint-Étienne did not score.
Discipline: Rennes received 3 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rennes were 6th on 24 points from 15 and Saint-Étienne 7th on 23 points from 15. Rennes went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Saint-Étienne 7th with 51.
Rennes lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Saint-Étienne in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Loïc Perrin of Saint-Étienne (8.2), ahead of Joris Gnagnon (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rennes win, 6 draws and 3 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Rennes's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Saint-Étienne's D-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 51'Yellow card · Gelson Fernandes
- 54'Goal · Paul-Georges Ntep
- 57'Yellow card · Jordan Veretout
- 65'Yellow card · Benjamin André
- 73'Yellow card · Giovanni Sio
- 83'Yellow card · Ole Selnaes
- 90+2'Goal · Kamil Grosicki
Head-to-head
Team news
Rennes line-up (4-4-1-1)
Benoît Costil, Ramy Bensebaini, Ludovic Baal, Romain Danzé, Joris Gnagnon, Gelson Fernandes, Paul-Georges Ntep, Benjamin André, Adrien Hunou, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Yoann Gourcuff
Saint-Étienne line-up (4-3-3)
Stéphane Ruffier, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Léo Lacroix, Cheikh M'Bengue, Loïc Perrin, Bryan Dabo, Jordan Veretout, Ole Selnæs, Nolan Roux, Oussama Tannane, Romain Hamouma