Nice vs Rennes

3 January 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Jérôme Brisard

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

  • Evann Guessand 12’
  • Sofiane Diop 34’
  • Gaetan Laborde 45+5’
  • Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga 27’
  • Adrien Truffert 49’

Match summary

Nice beat Rennes 3-2. Nice led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Evann Guessand put Nice ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Tanguy NDombele Alvaro, Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga equalised in the 27th minute, set up by Ludovic Blas, Sofiane Diop put Nice back in front in the 34th minute, and Gaetan Laborde made it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Evann Guessand. In the second half, Adrien Truffert pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 49th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Nice created 1.52 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Rennes 1.51 from 10. Nice had a player sent off.

Match stats

Nice Rennes
9 Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
1.52 xG 1.50
1.52 Non-penalty xG 1.50
4 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Nice Rennes
Kick-off
Evann Guessand
Assist: Tanguy NDombele Alvaro1-0 (Nice)
12’
27’
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga
Assist: Ludovic Blas1-1 (Rennes)
Sofiane Diop2-1 (Nice)
34’
Gaetan Laborde
Assist: Evann Guessand3-1 (Nice)
45+5’
Half-time3-1
49’
Adrien Truffert3-2 (Rennes)
Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Nice
  • Pablo Rosario
  • Youssouf Ndayishimiye
  • Hichem Boudaoui
  • Sofiane Diop
Rennes
  • Lorenz Assignon
  • Azor Matusiwa
  • Ludovic Blas

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.52 1.51 12’ Evann Guessand (Nice), 1-0 12’ 27’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), 1-1 27’ 34’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), 2-1 34’ 45+5’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), 3-1 45+5’ 49’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), 3-2 49’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.52 1.51 12’ Evann Guessand (Nice), 1-0 Guessand 12’ 27’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), 1-1 Muinga 27’ 34’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), 2-1 Diop 34’ 45+5’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), 3-1 Laborde 45+5’ 49’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), 3-2 Truffert 49’
Nice 1.52 xGRennes 1.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rennes attacking Nice attacking 
49’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 50’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 34’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 55’ Ludovic Blas (Rennes), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 12’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 27’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 45’ Badredine Bouanani (Nice), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 60’ Evann Guessand (Nice), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 89’ Antoine Mendy (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 5’ Albert Grønbæk (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 53’ Ludovic Blas (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 5’ Jordan James (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Albert Grønbæk (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+8’ Seko Fofana (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Seko Fofana (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Lorenz Assignon (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 49’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 50’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 34’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 55’ Ludovic Blas (Rennes), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 12’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 27’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 45’ Badredine Bouanani (Nice), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 60’ Evann Guessand (Nice), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 89’ Antoine Mendy (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 5’ Albert Grønbæk (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 53’ Ludovic Blas (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 5’ Jordan James (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Albert Grønbæk (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+8’ Seko Fofana (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Seko Fofana (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Lorenz Assignon (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marcin Bulka GK900 0.000.000
Antoine Mendy DEF901 0.070.021
Youssouf Ndayishimiye DEF900 0.000.000
Mohamed Abdelmonem DEF900 0.000.000
Melvin Bard DEF900 0.000.000
Hichem Boudaoui MID902 0.090.000
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro MID9010 0.000.351
Evann Guessand MID90112 0.430.421
Badredine Bouanani MID761 0.110.041
Sofiane Diop MID9011 0.370.051
Gaetan Laborde FWD7512 0.450.000
Pablo Rosario Sub150 0.000.000
Mohamed Ali-Cho Sub140 0.000.071
Dante Sub10 0.000.000
Youssoufa Moukoko Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 40% Avg odds 2.36
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.21
Rennes win 30% Avg odds 3.15

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Nice DWLWD
Rennes LLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Rennes 2-0 Nice, 13 Jan 24 Next meeting: Rennes 2-0 Nice, 10 May 25  All Nice vs Rennes meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.