Rennes vs Paris Saint-Germain

Match summary

Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Rennes led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sebastian Szymanski put Rennes ahead in the 9th minute and Estéban Lepaul made it 2-0 in the 38th minute. In the second half, Ferran Torres pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 71st minute and Torres equalised in the 82nd minute.

Shots finished 19-9 to Paris Saint-Germain, with 3 on target for Rennes and 5 for Paris Saint-Germain.

Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain played out a 2-2 draw in their Ligue 1 fixture on matchday one. Despite dominating possession with 69 percent and recording 19 shots to their opponents' nine, the away side found themselves trailing at the interval. Paris Saint-Germain applied significant territorial pressure throughout the contest, accumulating 164 attacks and 118 dangerous attacks compared to 62 and 18 respectively for Rennes. The visitors also earned 10 corners and completed 737 passes at an accuracy of 90 percent. Rennes defended resiliently, registering 25 tackles, while both teams received two yellow cards during the encounter.

The action began when Sebastian Szymanski opened the scoring for Rennes with a left foot shot in the 9th minute. A VAR review for offside occurred in the 21st minute, before Estéban Lepaul doubled the home lead in the 38th minute with a right foot shot. Adrien Thomasson received a yellow card for Rennes in the 42nd minute as the hosts reached half-time leading 2-0. Paris Saint-Germain made multiple substitutions at the start of the second half and recovered after Ferran Torres scored with a right foot shot in the 71st minute and a header in the 82nd minute to level the score at 2-2.