French Ligue 1

Nice vs Stade Rennais, 2022-23 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
  • 50': Gaëtan Laborde
  • 72': Terem Moffi
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2 - 1
  • 78': Benjamin Bourigeaud

Nice piles pressure on Rennes in French league win

— Nice striker Gaëtan Laborde scored in a win against his former club on Saturday and cost Rennes precious points in the French league race for European football next season.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Offside, Nice. Khéphren Thuram tries a through ball, but Terem Moffi is caught offside.
  • 3': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Melvin Bard.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud with a cross following a corner.
  • 7': Offside, Nice. Jean-Clair Todibo tries a through ball, but Melvin Bard is caught offside.
  • 8': Foul by Lesley Ugochukwu (Rennes).
  • 8': Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Arthur Theate.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaëtan Laborde with a cross.
  • 14': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Lesley Ugochukwu.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Terem Moffi (Nice) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gaëtan Laborde with a cross following a corner.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Jérémy Doku (Rennes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
  • 17': Badredine Bouanani (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Jeanuël Belocian (Rennes).
  • 17': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Dante.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Hamari Traoré (Rennes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud with a cross following a corner.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Warmed Omari (Rennes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hamari Traoré following a corner.
  • 19': Offside, Nice. Khéphren Thuram tries a through ball, but Gaëtan Laborde is caught offside.
  • 20': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Hicham Boudaoui.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 22': Offside, Nice. Melvin Bard tries a through ball, but Gaëtan Laborde is caught offside.
  • 23': Foul by Melvin Bard (Nice).
  • 23': Jérémy Doku (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Jordan Lotomba.
  • 24': Hand ball by Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes).
  • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Hamari Traoré (Rennes).
  • 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 28': Badredine Bouanani (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Jeanuël Belocian (Rennes).
  • 28': Foul by Warmed Omari (Rennes).
  • 28': Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Hand ball by Jordan Lotomba (Nice).
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
  • 30': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Jordan Lotomba.
  • 31': Foul by Melvin Bard (Nice).
  • 31': Jérémy Doku (Rennes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 35': Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
  • 38': Attempt missed. Terem Moffi (Nice) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Melvin Bard with a cross.
  • 39': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Jeanuël Belocian.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Lovro Majer (Rennes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeanuël Belocian.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Arthur Theate (Rennes) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 44': Foul by Lovro Majer (Rennes).
  • 44': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Nice 0, Rennes 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Nice 0, Rennes 0.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Terem Moffi.
  • 48': Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
  • 50': Goal! Nice 1, Rennes 0. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Badredine Bouanani with a cross.
  • 51': Foul by Warmed Omari (Rennes).
  • 51': Khéphren Thuram (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 53': Attempt saved. Badredine Bouanani (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dante.
  • 54': Foul by Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes).
  • 54': Khéphren Thuram (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Hamari Traoré (Rennes).
  • 55': Terem Moffi (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Hamari Traoré (Rennes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 63': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
  • 63': Warmed Omari (Rennes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 64': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Aaron Ramsey.
  • 65': Attempt saved. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud with a through ball.
  • 68': Foul by Dante (Nice).
  • 68': Lovro Majer (Rennes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 69': Substitution, Rennes. Karl Toko Ekambi replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo.
  • 71': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Jean-Clair Todibo.
  • 72': Goal! Nice 2, Rennes 0. Terem Moffi (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 73': Substitution, Nice. Youcef Atal replaces Badredine Bouanani.
  • 73': Substitution, Nice. Pablo Rosario replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  • 74': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
  • 74': Lovro Majer (Rennes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Karl Toko Ekambi (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  • 76': Substitution, Rennes. Ibrahim Salah replaces Lesley Ugochukwu.
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Khéphren Thuram (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaëtan Laborde.
  • 76': Delay in match because of an injury Jeanuël Belocian (Rennes).
  • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Goal! Nice 2, Rennes 1. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Karl Toko Ekambi.
  • 78': Substitution, Rennes. Lorenz Assignon replaces Jeanuël Belocian.
  • 79': Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
  • 79': Jérémy Doku (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Hamari Traoré.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 84': Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
  • 84': Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Jérémy Doku (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ibrahim Salah with a cross.
  • 85': Foul by Karl Toko Ekambi (Rennes).
  • 85': Jordan Lotomba (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Jordan Lotomba (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90': Foul by Lorenz Assignon (Rennes).
  • 90': Melvin Bard (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ibrahim Salah.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Melvin Bard (Nice).
  • 90'+2': Jérémy Doku (Rennes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Nice 2, Rennes 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Nice 2, Rennes 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 4
7 Corner Kicks 4
2 Saves 3
54.1 Possession 45.9
14 SHOTS 11
4 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
436 Accurate Passes 356
496 Passes 420
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 5
22 Crosses 21
0.1 Cross % 0.2
41 Long Balls 54
25 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 3
11 Effective Tackles 11
17 Tackles 20
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 9
17 Effective Clearances 15
17 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 22,601

Ligue 1 Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Paris Saint-Germain 12 +26 32
2 AS Monaco 12 +11 26
3 Marseille 12 +11 23
4 Lille 12 +8 22
Full Standings

Line-Ups

NICE Nice (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
4 Dante
25 Jean-Clair Todibo
26 Melvin Bard
23 Jordan Lotomba
28 Hicham Boudaoui
19 Khephren Thuram
16 Aaron Ramsey
9 Terem Moffi
24 Gaëtan Laborde
35 Badredine Bouanani

REN Stade Rennais (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
30 Steve Mandanda (GK)
5 Arthur Theate
23 Warmed Omari
6 Lesley Ugochukwu
18 Jeanuël Belocian
27 Hamari Traoré Yellow Card
21 Lovro Majer
14 Benjamin Bourigeaud
19 Amine Gouiri
10 Jérémy Doku
9 Arnaud Kalimuendo

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