Ligue 1 (Week 2) : Rennes beats Nancy 2-0
FRANCE, Aug. 20, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 2: After losing 1-0 to Nice on August 14, Rennes bounced back with a 2-0 victory over Nancy this Saturday.
Rennes dominated the first half thanks to a goal scored by midfielder Yoann Gourcuff in the 24th minute. Leading 1-0 at the break, Rennes players further widened their lead in the second period with a goal by Sio with just 9 minutes remaining in regulation time.
Rennes climbed to 7th place with 3 points from 2 games, tie on points with Metz, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of August 20, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Nice | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Toulouse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Monaco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bastia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Metz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Rennes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | PSG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Lille | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Nantes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Caen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Guingamp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Marseille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Saint-Etienne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Angers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Dijon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Lorient | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Nancy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2016-2017
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Overview
Rennes
- Position: 7 +9
- Best performance of the season:Rennes 2-0 Nancy (20 Aug.)
- Previous game:Nice 1-0 Rennes (14 Aug.)
- Next game:Montpellier - Rennes (27 Aug.)
AS Nancy-Lorraine
- Position: 20
- Previous game:Nancy 0-3 Lyon (14 Aug.)
- Next game:Nancy - Guingamp (27 Aug.)
Rennes
2:0
Nancy
2:0 (1:0)
- 20 August 2016
- 20:00
- Rennes
