Opportunities flowed like a spring waters from the winter thaw for Rennais early but with each glance of opportunity, Rodez escaped leaving the Ligue 1 side's needs unquenched. Following Olivier Thomert's attempt missing at the tenth minute, Jimmy Briand three minutes later adds his name to the "close miss" pile and an uncomfortable trend is developing. Well before the mid-point of the opening half Rodez tooled with their tactics and stifled Les Bretons advances. However at the thirty-first minute Jérôme Leroy sends in a corner that Stéphane Mbia challenges the defenders as he rises high to head into the netting giving Rennais the 1-0 lead. Down by a goal Rodez begins to go forward and as they do so, are exposed to the attack. Leroy flirts with the goal but Rodez dodges being down by two with superb goalkeeping work. Unable to break the lock of Rodez, Rennais' frustration is eliminated at the hour as Moussa Sow creates space to the left before firing the ball into Jimmy Briand who then heads in his fourth goal of the Coupe de France. Following the goal, the match effectively ended as Rodez are locked without a scoring threat giving the work of Rennais committed defending.
The victory moves Rennais into semi-finale along with Grenoble who defeated Monaco 2-0, Toulouse and Guingamp.
