Match Report
30 points for Saint-Étienne (17th), 41 for Rennes (12th): an 11-point gap. Recent form flatters Saint-Étienne's table spot — 10th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 17th.
The sides have met 27 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Saint-Étienne, 12 draws and 10 for Rennes, at 2.26 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 37% of those meetings. The last five meetings averaged 3.4 goals, well above the all-time 2.26.
With 88 matches recorded and 1.6 yellow cards per game, M. Vernice was the man in the middle. Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne staged the fixture, a ground that holds 42,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rennes led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Rennes: Arnaud Kalimuendo (15'), Mahamadou Nagida (84')