Ligue 1 (Week 16) : Rennes beats Saint-Etienne 2-0
FRANCE, Dec. 4, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 16: After losing 2-1 to Lorient on November 29, Rennes bounced back with a 2-0 victory over Saint-Etienne this Sunday.
Both teams held off against each other during the first 45 minutes of the game. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Ntep ('54) and Grosicki ('90).
Rennes climbed to fourth place with 27 points from 16 games, 8 points behind Paris Saint-Germain.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of December 4, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 16 | 33 | 36 |
| 2 | Nice | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | PSG | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 5 | Guingamp | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Lyon | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 25 |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Toulouse | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Saint-Etienne | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Angers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Marseille | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Metz | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -13 | 18 |
| 14 | Lille | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Dijon | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Nancy | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 16 |
| 17 | Caen | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 15 |
| 18 | Bastia | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Nantes | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -17 | 13 |
| 20 | Lorient | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 29 | -13 | 12 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2016-2017
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Overview
Rennes
- Position: 4 +2
- Best performance of the season:Rennes 2-0 Saint-Etienne (4 Dec.)
- Previous game:Lorient 2-1 Rennes (29 Nov.)
- Next game:Lyon - Rennes (11 Dec.)
Saint-Etienne
- Position: 9
- Best performance of the season:Saint-Etienne 3-1 Lille (25 Sep.)
- Previous game:Saint-Etienne 0-0 Marseille (30 Nov.)
- Next game:Saint-Etienne - Guingamp (11 Dec.)
Rennes
2:0
Saint-Etienne
2:0 (0:0)
- 4 December 2016
- 15:00
- Rennes
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco | 36 |
| 2 |  Nice | 36 |
| 3 |  PSG | 35 |
| 4 | Rennes | 27 |
| 5 |  Guingamp | 26 |
Week 16 Results
| Friday 2 December 2016 | ||||
 | Caen | 3-3 | Dijon |  |
| Saturday 3 December 2016 | ||||
 | Montpellier | 3-0 | PSG | |
 | Bordeaux | 0-1 | Lille |  |
 | Angers | 2-2 | Lorient |  |
| Guingamp | 2-0 | Nantes |  |
| Monaco | 5-0 | Bastia |  |
| Sunday 4 December 2016 | ||||
| Rennes | 2-0 | Saint-Etienne | |
 | Marseille | 17:00 | Nancy |  |
| Nice | 20:45 | Toulouse |  |
| Wednesday 5 April 2017 | ||||
 | Metz | 19:00 | Lyon |  |