2015/2016 French Ligue 1
- Casimir Ninga (58')
- Ryad Boudebouz (70')
Montpellier into top half with win over Rennes
Montpellier banished memories of a terrible start to the Ligue 1 season by closing in on a top-half finish with a 2-0 home victory over Rolland Courbis' Rennes.La Paillade lost six of their first seven games but could now finish as high as seventh after second-half goals from Casimir Ninga and Ryad Boudebouz delivered a fourth straight league win.In the 58th minute at the Stade de la Mosson, Ninga beat Benoit Costil after Souleymane Camara had touched a Boudebouz cross his way.Twelve minutes later the provider finished off a rapid Montpellier counter-attack with a powerful low shot.
Game Information
Stade de la Mosson-Mondial 98
8:00 PM, 7 May 2016
Montpellier, France
Attendance: 13,004
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 31 | 20 | 10 | 1 | +47 | 70 |
AS Monaco | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | +20 | 61 |
Brest | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | +16 | 57 |
Lille | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | +18 | 55 |
Nice | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | +11 | 51 |
Lens | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | +8 | 49 |
Stade Rennais | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | +8 | 45 |
Marseille | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | +9 | 44 |
Lyon | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 44 |
Montpellier | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 40 |
Toulouse | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 40 |
Stade de Reims | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 40 |
Strasbourg | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 36 |
Nantes | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 33 |
Le Havre AC | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 32 |
Metz | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -20 | 29 |
Lorient | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -26 | 26 |
Clermont Foot | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -28 | 25 |