Ligue 1 (Week 2) : Rennes defeats Montpellier 1-0
FRANCE, Aug. 15, 2015 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 2: After losing 2-1 to Bastia on August 8, Rennes bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Montpellier this Saturday.
45 minutes of play and neither Rennes nor Montpellier have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Polish midfielder Kamil Grosicki with just 4 minutes remaining in regulation time.
Rennes climbed to 9th place with 3 points from 2 games, tie on points with Paris Saint-Germain, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of August 15, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Angers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Monaco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Lyon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Nantes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bastia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Reims | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | PSG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Rennes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Toulouse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Troyes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | GFC Ajaccio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lorient | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Nice | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Lille | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Marseille | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Guingamp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Montpellier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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Overview
Rennes
- Position: 9 +4
- Best performance of the season:Rennes 1-0 Montpellier (15 Aug.)
- Previous game:Bastia 2-1 Rennes (8 Aug.)
- Next game:Lyon - Rennes (22 Aug.)
Montpellier HSC
- Position: 20
- Previous game:Montpellier 0-2 Angers (8 Aug.)
- Next game:Montpellier - PSG (21 Aug.)
Rennes
1:0
Montpellier
1:0 (0:0)
- 15 August 2015
- 20:00
- Rennes
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Caen | 6 |
| 2 |  Angers | 4 |
| 3 |  Monaco | 4 |
| 4 |  Lyon | 4 |
| 4 |  Nantes | 4 |
Week 2 Results
| Friday 14 August 2015 | ||||
| Monaco | 0-0 | Lille |  |
| Saturday 15 August 2015 | ||||
 | Saint-Etienne | 1-1 | Bordeaux |  |
| Rennes | 1-0 | Montpellier | |
 | Troyes | 3-3 | Nice |  |
| Caen | 1-0 | Toulouse |  |
| Angers | 0-0 | Nantes | |
 | Guingamp | 0-1 | Lyon | |
| Sunday 16 August 2015 | ||||
 | Reims | 14:00 | Marseille |  |
 | Lorient | 17:00 | Bastia |  |
 | PSG | 21:00 | GFC Ajaccio |  |