Battery for a Motor Vehicle, and Motor Vehicle

A battery for a motor vehicle has a plurality of battery cells and a battery housing that encloses a housing interior in which the battery cells are received. The battery housing has a perforated sheet on which the battery cells are placed. The perforated sheet has, for each battery cell, an allocated degassing opening on which the allocated battery cell is placed and via which gas exiting the allocated battery cell can be guided out of the housing interior.