Rennes 2-1 Strasbourg: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 6 May 2018
Result
Rennes 2-1 Strasbourg
Ligue 1 · Sunday 6 May 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rennes 2-1 Strasbourg: match report
Rennes defeated Strasbourg 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 6 May 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Benjamin Bourigeaud opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Rennes's goals came from Benjamin Bourigeaud (14', penalty) and A. Hunou (59'). Strasbourg scored through Dimitri Liénard (66').
Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Strasbourg received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rennes were 6th on 51 points from 35 and Strasbourg 16th on 35 points from 35. Rennes went on to finish that season 5th with 58 points, and Strasbourg 15th with 38.
Rennes lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Strasbourg in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dimitri Liénard of Strasbourg (8.3), ahead of Benjamin Bourigeaud (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rennes wins, 0 draws and 2 for Strasbourg.
Going into the match Rennes's last five read W-D-L-D-D and Strasbourg's D-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Bakary Koné
- 14'Penalty goal · Benjamin Bourigeaud
- 54'Yellow card · Romain Danzé
- 59'Goal · A. Hunou
- 66'Goal · Dimitri Liénard
Head-to-head
Team news
Rennes line-up (4-1-4-1)
Tomas Koubek, Joris Gnagnon, Ramy Bensebaini, Jérémy Gélin, Romain Danzé, Mehdi Zeffane, Ismaïla Sarr, Sanjin Prcić, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Benjamin André, Adrien Hunou
Strasbourg line-up (4-3-1-2)
A. Oukidja, Dimitri Foulquier, Pablo Martinez, Ernest Seka, Bakary Koné, J. Aholou, Dimitri Liénard, Anthony Gonçalves, Jonas Martin, Idriss Saadi, S. Bahoken