Football
Rennes vs Metz. French Ligue 1.
4:05pm, Sunday 13th August 2023.
Stade de la Route-de-LorientAttendance: Attendance26,065.
Match ends, Rennes 5, Metz 1.
Second Half ends, Rennes 5, Metz 1.
Attempt missed. Désiré Doué (Rennes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Lovro Majer following a fast break.
Désiré Doué (Rennes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Malick Mbaye (Metz).
Goal! Rennes 5, Metz 1. Ibrahim Salah (Rennes) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Birger Meling (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lovro Majer.
Attempt saved. Désiré Doué (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría.
Foul by Jean N'Guessan (Metz).
Substitution, Rennes. Guela Doué replaces Lorenz Assignon.
Attempt missed. Aboubacar Lô (Metz) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Malick Mbaye with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Metz. Conceded by Arthur Theate.
Attempt blocked. Kévin N'Doram (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arthur Atta.
Foul by Ibrahim Salah (Rennes).
Georges Mikautadze (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Metz. Georges Mikautadze tries a through ball, but Benjamin Tetteh is caught offside.
Goal! Rennes 4, Metz 1. Ibrahim Salah (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Lovro Majer (Rennes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahim Salah.
Lovro Majer (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Metz. Jean N'Guessan replaces Cheikh Sabaly.
Substitution, Metz. Arthur Atta replaces Danley Jean-Jacques.
Substitution, Rennes. Ibrahim Salah replaces Jérémy Doku.
Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Aboubacar Lô.
Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Alexandre Oukidja.
Attempt saved. Jérémy Doku (Rennes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danley Jean-Jacques (Metz).
Foul by Lorenz Assignon (Rennes).
Cheikh Sabaly (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Metz. Benjamin Tetteh replaces Lamine Camara.
Substitution, Metz. Aboubacar Lô replaces Koffi Kouao.
Substitution, Rennes. Désiré Doué replaces Enzo Le Fée.
Substitution, Rennes. Birger Meling replaces Jeanuël Belocian.
Substitution, Rennes. Lovro Majer replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo.
Goal! Rennes 3, Metz 1. Jérémy Doku (Rennes) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arnaud Kalimuendo.
Foul by Jeanuël Belocian (Rennes).
Malick Mbaye (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Metz. Kévin N'Doram tries a through ball, but Cheikh Sabaly is caught offside.
Substitution, Metz. Malick Mbaye replaces Youssef Maziz.
Jérémy Doku (Rennes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Koffi Kouao (Metz).
Attempt missed. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ismaël Traoré (Metz).
Attempt saved. Jérémy Doku (Rennes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenz Assignon.
Attempt missed. Ismaël Traoré (Metz) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Youssef Maziz with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Metz. Conceded by Steve Mandanda.
Attempt saved. Georges Mikautadze (Metz) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kévin N'Doram.
Attempt blocked. Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Youssef Maziz (Metz).
Attempt blocked. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arnaud Kalimuendo.
Goal! Rennes 2, Metz 1. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
Attempt blocked. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenz Assignon with a cross.
Delay in match because of an injury Jeanuël Belocian (Rennes).
Maxime Colin (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jeanuël Belocian (Rennes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Maxime Colin (Metz).
Second Half begins Rennes 1, Metz 1.
First Half ends, Rennes 1, Metz 1.
Koffi Kouao (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jérémy Doku (Rennes).
Lamine Camara (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée.
Foul by Cheikh Sabaly (Metz).
Attempt blocked. Youssef Maziz (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.
Cheikh Sabaly (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
Attempt saved. Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenz Assignon.
Attempt blocked. Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Gouiri.
Attempt blocked. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
Offside, Metz. Youssef Maziz tries a through ball, but Koffi Kouao is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Fali Candé (Metz) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef Maziz with a cross.
Corner, Metz. Conceded by Warmed Omari.
Attempt blocked. Youssef Maziz (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lamine Camara.
Offside, Rennes. Arnaud Kalimuendo tries a through ball, but Benjamin Bourigeaud is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Georges Mikautadze (Metz) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée.
Attempt blocked. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Goal! Rennes 1, Metz 1. Youssef Maziz (Metz) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze with a cross.
Goal! Rennes 1, Metz 0. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Offside, Metz. Maxime Colin tries a through ball, but Cheikh Sabaly is caught offside.
Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Fali Candé.
Hand ball by Enzo Le Fée (Rennes).
Attempt missed. Arthur Theate (Rennes) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud with a cross following a corner.
Attempt missed. Jérémy Doku (Rennes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
Foul by Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes).
Attempt missed. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a cross.
Attempt missed. Enzo Le Fée (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Jérémy Doku (Rennes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
