Rennes vs Metz

23 December 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Florent Batta

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Clément Grenier 52’

Match summary

Rennes beat Metz 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Clément Grenier put Rennes ahead in the 52nd minute, set up by Martin Terrier.

There was little between the sides on chances: Rennes created 0.66 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Metz 0.84 from 9.

Match stats

Rennes Metz
11 Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.66 xG 0.83
0.66 Non-penalty xG 0.83
9 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Rennes Metz
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Clément Grenier
Assist: Martin Terrier1-0 (Rennes)
52’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Rennes
  • Benjamin Bourigeaud
Metz
  • Papa Ndiaga Yade

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.66 0.84 52’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), 1-0 52’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.66 0.84 52’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), 1-0 Grenier 52’
Rennes 0.66 xGMetz 0.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Metz attacking Rennes attacking 
50’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 90+3’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 44’ John Boye (Metz), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 89’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 13’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 18’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 33’ M'Baye Niang (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 85’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 44’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 52’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 30’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 89’ Thierry Ambrose (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 23’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 78’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 10’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Damien Da Silva (Rennes), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 14’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 50’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 50’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 90+3’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 44’ John Boye (Metz), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 89’ Kiki Kouyate (Metz), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 13’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 18’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 85’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 33’ M'Baye Niang (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 44’ Lamine Gueye (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 30’ Aaron Leya Iseka (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 89’ Thierry Ambrose (Metz), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 23’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 78’ Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 10’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Damien Da Silva (Rennes), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 14’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 50’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Romain Salin GK900 0.000.000
Hamari Traore DEF900 0.000.071
Damien Da Silva DEF901 0.020.021
Naif Aguerd DEF900 0.000.071
Adrien Truffert DEF900 0.000.000
Steven N'Zonzi MID900 0.000.000
Jéremy Doku MID902 0.220.000
Benjamin Bourigeaud MID903 0.090.021
Clément Grenier MID6612 0.140.051
Martin Terrier MID8212 0.130.153
M'Baye Niang FWD741 0.070.000
Eduardo Camavinga Sub240 0.000.000
Adrien Hunou Sub160 0.000.151
Dalbert Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rennes win 60% Avg odds 1.57
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.83
Metz win 15% Avg odds 6.40

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

Form going into the game

Rennes DLWWW
Metz LLDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Metz 0-1 Rennes, 04 Dec 19 Next meeting: Metz 1-3 Rennes, 20 Mar 21  All Rennes vs Metz 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.