V. Rongier’s 90' winner gives Rennes 2-1 victory over Nantes

Match report

Rennes beat Nantes 2-1 in Ligue 1 matchday 31 on Sunday, 26 April 2026 at Roazhon Park. E. Lepaul (8' pen) and V. Rongier (90') scored for Rennes, while I. Ganago (40') found the net for Nantes. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Rennes had 63% of the ball and 14 shots (5 on target) against Nantes’s 24 (8 on target). Valentin Rongier (Rennes) was the top-rated player with 8.2.

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Form, table and head-to-head

Rennes

5th · 10 points · P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1

Form

Nantes

Not in a league table we track.

Ligue 1 table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
4	Lille	5	+4	10
5	Rennes	5	-1	10
6	Paris Saint Germain	5	+1	8

Full Ligue 1 table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Full Rennes vs Nantes head-to-head

Match events

8'penaltyE. LepaulPenalty
38'yellow cardNicolas CozzaYellow Card
40'goalI. GanagoAssist: N. Cozza
50'yellow cardDeiver MachadoYellow Card
61'VAR decisionEsteban LepaulGoal cancelled
68'substitutionL. BlasOff: S. Szymanski
68'substitutionA. SeiduOff: M. Nagida
68'substitutionM. KabaOff: D. Tabibou
68'substitutionL. LerouxOff: B. Guirassy
73'yellow cardAbdelhamid Ait BoudlalYellow Card
77'substitutionF. GuilbertOff: M. Acapandie
81'substitutionB. EmboloOff: Y. Zabiri
87'substitutionM. AblineOff: Y. El Arabi
87'substitutionI. GanagoOff: Mostafa Mohamed
88'yellow cardValentin RongierYellow Card
90'goalV. RongierNormal Goal
90+1'substitutionM. TamariOff: N. Mukiele
90+6'yellow cardSebastian SzymańskiYellow Card

Lineups

Rennes

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Franck Haise

Starting XI

Substitutes

Nantes

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Vahid Halilhodzic

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

63%Possession37%
1.30Expected goals (xG)2.17
14Total shots24
5Shots on target8
4Shots off target6
5Blocked shots10
8Shots inside the box21
6Shots outside the box3
6Corners8
5Offsides1
15Fouls15
3Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
6Goalkeeper saves3
466Passes260
393Accurate passes185
84%Pass accuracy71%
-0.35Goals prevented-0.35

Player statistics

Rennes

Rennes player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
30Brice SambaG	90	7.9			39 · 79%
3Lilian BrassierD	90	7.9		1 (1)	53 · 89%	1	1	5/7
26Quentin MerlinD	90	7.2			38 · 58%	1		1/3
36Alidu SeiduD	68	7.0			31 · 90%	1	1	5/7
48Abdelhamid Ait BoudlalD	90	7.6		1 (1)	57 · 89%		2	11/20
10Ludovic BlasM	68	6.5			28 · 86%	3		0/6
11Mousa TamariM	89	7.2			22 · 82%	2	1	3/10
21Valentin RongierMTop rated	90	8.2	1	1 (1)	63 · 90%		2	6/10
45Mahdi CamaraM	90	6.3		1 (0)	44 · 95%		1	1/12
7Breel EmboloF	81	7.2			15 · 87%		2	6/11
9Esteban LepaulF	90	7.3	1	3 (1)	27 · 81%	1		2/4
50Mathys SilistrieG	–	–
80Ayoube AkabouG	–	–
18Mahamadou NagidaD	22	7.2			21 · 90%		1	4/6
24Anthony RouaultD	–	–
4Glen KamaraM	–	–
6Djaoui CisséM	–	–
17Sebastian SzymańskiM	22	6.6			24 · 62%	2		0/3
65Nordan MukieleF	9	6.3			2 · 100%
77Yassir ZabiriF	9	6.2		2 (1)	2 · 100%			0/4

Nantes

Nantes player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Anthony LopesG	90	6.6				33 · 73%			0/1
2Ali YoussefD	90	7.0				38 · 87%	1	2	4/8
3Nicolas CozzaD	90	8.2		1	2 (1)	24 · 75%	1	5	7/10
24Frederic GuilbertD	77	6.3			2 (1)	17 · 53%	1	1	4/6
27Deiver MachadoD	90	6.3				24 · 75%		2	6/10
8Johann LepenantM	90	7.6				31 · 74%	7	6	9/10
10Matthis AblineM	87	6.5			2 (1)	11 · 64%	1		1/5
21Mohamed KabaM	68	6.3			3 (3)	10 · 40%		4	7/12
28Ibrahima SissokoM	90	6.9			1 (0)	24 · 83%	2	1	4/10
66Louis LerouxM	68	6.3				14 · 43%		2	3/6
37Ignatius GanagoF	87	8.2	1		3 (1)	16 · 75%	1	1	9/15
30Patrik CarlgrenG	–	–
6Chidozie AwaziemD	–	–
22Mathieu AcapandiéD	13	6.3				4 · 50%		1	2/2
17Dehmaine TabibouM	22	6.3				7 · 71%			0/1
20Rémy CabellaM	–	–
52Bahmed DeuffM	–	–
11Bahereba GuirassyF	22	6.7				1 · 100%			1/2
19Youssef El ArabiF	13	6.3				3 · 67%			1/2
31Mostafa MohamedF	13	6.3			1 (1)	3 · 33%			1/3