Juventus vs Rennes 2-2

Juventus and Rennes drew 2-2 at Allianz Stadium after Juventus came back from a first-half deficit. Nick Woltemade’s 67th-minute penalty brought the hosts level, and a late VAR check ruled out Jhon Lucumi’s goal on 90 minutes.

Juventus started well when Zeki Çelik opened the scoring in the 5th minute, finishing from Nick Woltemade’s assist. Rennes replied through Mousa Al-Tamari on 15 minutes, with Bryan Reynolds supplying the pass, before Boulaye Dia put the visitors 2-1 ahead from the spot in the 43rd minute. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Juventus changed things at the break by sending on Pierre Kalulu for Çelik on 45 minutes, then replaced Federico Gatti with Nicolás Iván Gonzalez on 60 minutes after Gatti had already been booked. Woltemade’s penalty on 67 minutes restored parity, and Juventus later made two changes on 80 minutes, with Jhon Lucumi and Jérémie Boga coming on. Rennes then made three changes on 81 minutes, including Boulaye Dia and Mousa Al-Tamari coming off. Lucumi’s effort was later ruled out by VAR, and Juventus ended with Andrea Cambiaso replaced by Kerim Alajbegovic in stoppage time.

The numbers were tight. Juventus had 54% possession, 508 passes and 2.25 expected goals to Rennes’ 46%, 452 passes and 1.75 xG, while Rennes had more shots, 16 to 14, and more efforts on target, 5 to 4. Juventus also won 7 corners to 5 and had 3 offsides, with Rennes on 0. Juventus made 14 fouls to Rennes’ 10 and both sides had 1 yellow card.

Federico Gatti was booked in the 19th minute for Juventus, while Rennes’ Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal was shown a yellow card on 82 minutes. There were no red cards.