French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, February 12, 2017
Nice DDWLW 2
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Stade Rennais DDLDD 2
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Roazhon Park · 25,665 att.

Match Report

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Nice's title challenge stutters with draw against Rennes

Nice's Ligue 1 title hopes suffered another blow with more dropped points in a 2-2 draw at Rennes.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
1
63.1
Possession
36.9
6
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
629
Accurate Passes
314
714
Passes
397
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
7
5
Crosses
26
0.0
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
69
24
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
6
19
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
5
31
Clearances
5

Head to Head

NICE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

REN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Benoit CostilG
  2. 32Joris GnagnonCD-L
  3. 5Pedro MendesCD-R
  4. 15Ramy BensebainiLB
  5. 29Romain DanzéRB
  6. 26Sanjin PrcicCM-L
  7. 8Clément ChantômeCM-R
  8. 21Benjamin AndréLM
  9. 18Morgan AmalfitanoRM
  10. 13Giovanni SioCF-L
  11. 7Firmin Mubele NdomeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Aldo KaluluSUB
  2. 19Dimitri CavaréSUB
  3. 11Wesley SaïdSUB
  4. 31Adama DiakhabySUB
  5. 6Gelson FernandesSUB
  6. 30Edvinas GertmonasSUB
  7. 23Adrien HunouSUB

NICE · 4-3-3

  1. 30Yoan CardinaleG
  2. 31DanteCD-L
  3. 4Paul BaysseCD-R
  4. 29DalbertLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 25Wylan CyprienCM
  7. 6Jean Michaël SeriLM
  8. 26Vincent KozielloRM
  9. 14Alassane PléaF
  10. 5Younès BelhandaLF
  11. 13Valentin EyssericRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Bassem SrarfiSUB
  2. 24Mounir ObaddiSUB
  3. 22Anastasios DonisSUB
  4. 20Maxime Le MarchandSUB
  5. 15Patrick BurnerSUB
  6. 40Walter BenítezSUB
  7. 18Rémi WalterSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Rennes 1, Nice 0. Morgan Amalfitano (Rennes) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Sio with a through ball.
  2. 21' Goal! Rennes 2, Nice 0. Giovanni Sio (Rennes) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  3. 43' Substitution, Nice. Anastasios Donis replaces Alassane Pléa because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Rennes. Gelson Fernandes replaces Joris Gnagnon because of an injury.
  5. 59' Goal! Rennes 2, Nice 1. Anastasios Donis (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Valentin Eysseric.
  6. 63' Substitution, Nice. Mounir Obbadi replaces Vincent Koziello.
  7. 64' Substitution, Rennes. Aldo Kalulu replaces Firmin Ndombe Mubele.
  8. 75' Substitution, Nice. Maxime Le Marchand replaces Dalbert because of an injury.
  9. 75' Substitution, Rennes. Dimitri Kevin Cavare replaces Ramy Bensebaini because of an injury.
  10. 81' Goal! Rennes 2, Nice 2. Valentin Eysseric (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jean Michael Seri with a through ball.
  11. 83' Younès Belhanda (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90' Pedro Mendes (Rennes) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90' Mounir Obbadi (Nice) is shown the yellow card.

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