STRASBOURG. Strasbourg defeats Rennes with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Senaya (71′) and a goal from J. Sebas (73′). Rennes lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stade de la Meinau stadium in Strasbourg on Sunday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. In front of 25,407 spectators. The referee was Jeremy Stinat assisted by Christophe Mouysset and François Boudikian. The 4th official was Aurélien Petit. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 14.83 degrees Celsius or 58.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 14 Total 12
- 7 On Target 1
- 3 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 5
- 57 Attack 124
- 30 Dangerous attack 59
- 77 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 18
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Rennes was in firm control of the ball 60% while Strasbourg was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Rennes was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Strasbourg was able to find the solution to win this match.
Strasbourg shot 14 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rennes shot 12 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Strasbourg received 1 yellow card (Thomas Delaine). Regarding the opposition, Rennes received 2 yellow cards (Azor Matusiwa and M. Terrier).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Strasbourg has 32 points like Toulouse to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, Rennes will stays with 39 points like Olympique Marseille and Reims to remain in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Strasbourg will play away with Toulouse on the 7th of April with a 8-2 head to head record in favor of Strasbourg (3 draws).
Rennes will play away against Monaco on the 7th of April with a 17-10 head to head in favor of Monaco (8 draws).
Strasbourg – Formation
Strasbourg started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Patrick Vieira decided to play with the following team: A. Bellaarouch
, Frédéric Guilbert , Lucas Perrin , Saïdou Sow , Marvin Senaya , Andrey Santos , Habib Diarra , Thomas Delaine , Dilane Bakwa , Kévin Gameiro and E. Emegha .The home team had on the bench: J. Aholou, Jessy Deminguet, J. Mwanga
, Abakar Sylla, S. Baseya, I. Doukouré, A. Pierre, A. Ali Abdallah and J. Sebas .Strasbourg could not rely on the presence of J. Sebas (injured).
Substitutions
Strasbourg made only 1 change substituting Kévin Gameiro for Junior Mwanga (75′).
Player of the match: Dilane Bakwa
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Strasbourg was Dilane Bakwa even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 27 passes (78% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses.Rennes – Formation
Rennes started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Julien Stéphan played with: Steve Mandanda
, G. Doué , W. Omari , C. Wooh , Arthur Theate , B. Santamaría , D. Doué , Benjamin Bourigeaud , Azor Matusiwa , M. Terrier and Amine Gouiri .They had on the bench: Gauthier Gallon, Enzo Le Fée
, Fabian Rieder , I. Salah , R. Bamba, B. Yıldırım, Alidu Seidu, J. Belocian and A. Kalimuendo .Substitutions
Rennes made 5 changes: Azor Matusiwa for A. Kalimuendo (57′), Arthur Theate for J. Belocian (74′), D. Doué for Enzo Le Fée (75′), M. Terrier for I. Salah (83′) and B. Santamaría for Fabian Rieder (83′).
Player of the match: J. Belocian
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rennes was J. Belocian.
His rating is
with 8 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 3.His performance was amazing also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 74′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Marseille – Paris Saint Germain – 0-2
- Le Havre – Montpellier – 0-2
- Clermont – Toulouse – 0-3
- Nice – Nantes – 1-2
- Lorient – Brest – 0-1
- Strasbourg – Rennes – 2-0