Szymanski scores twice as Rennes beat Strasbourg 3-0

Rennes beat Strasbourg 3-0 at Roazhon Park and pulled away with two goals in the final eight minutes of the first half. Rennes moved to 5-1-2. Strasbourg fell to 2-1-5.

Boulaye Dia opened the scoring in the 34th minute, finishing from the centre of the box on Przemyslaw Frankowski's assist. The goal stood after a VAR review. Seven minutes later, Sebastian Szymanski made it 2-0 with a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner, set up by Aboubakar Nagida.

Szymanski, the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.5, sealed it in the 61st minute. He hit a left-footed strike from outside the box into the top left corner, with Mousa Al Tamari providing the assist. He led Rennes with four shots and scored two goals.

Strasbourg managed little in attack. Diogo Sousa led them with two shots. Pape Diop completed 74 accurate passes.

Chirp's Sim gave Rennes 53% over 10,000 simulations, and it called this one.