DINARD. Lens conquers Rennes 1-0 after L. Openda scored just 1 goal (31′). Rennes lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade Paul Audrin stadium in Dinard on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Clément Turpin who was helped by Nicolas Danos and Benjamin Pages. The 4th official was Mikael Lesage. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10 degrees Celsius or 50.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rennes had a superior ball possession 56% while Lens was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rennes had a more offensive attitude with 45 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Lens succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Rennes shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Lens shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Rennes received 2 yellow cards (D. Doué and Benjamin Bourigeaud). Regarding the opposition, Lens received 2 yellow cards (Kevin Danso and Adrien Thomasson).

Standings

After this encounter, Rennes will stay with 50 points to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Lens will have 60 points like Olympique Marseille to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Rennes will play away against Olympique Lyonnais on the 9th of April with a 13-11 head to head record in favor of Rennes (11 draws).

Lens will host Strasbourg on the 7th of April with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Strasbourg (5 draws).

Rennes – Formation

Rennes started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda (6.9), Hamari Traore (6.2), Warmed Omari (7.0), Christopher Wooh (6.6), Arthur Theate (6.2), Birger Meling (6.8), Désiré Doué (6.6), Benjamin Bourigeaud (7.3), Lesley Ugochukwu (6.8), Karl Toko Ekambi (6.5) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Amine Gouiri (6.8), Joe Rodon, Flavien Tait, Baptiste Santamaria (6.8), Jeremy Doku (6.2), Djed Spence, Lovro Majer (7.0), Jeanuel Belocian and Doğan Alemdar.

Substitutions

Rennes made 5 changes: Christopher Wooh for Baptiste Santamaria (56′), Karl Toko Ekambi for Lovro Majer (56′), D. Doué for Amine Gouiri (56′), L. Ugochukwu for Jeremy Doku (74′) and Hamari Traoré for Djed Spence (83′).

Best player: Benjamin Bourigeaud​

The most impressive player for Rennes was Benjamin Bourigeaud.

His rating is (7.3) with 60 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Lens – Formation

Lens started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba (7.4), Jonathan Gradit (6.8), Kevin Danso (6.8), Facundo Medina (7.0), Florian Sotoca (7.2), Salis Abdul Samed (7.0), Seko Fofana (6.4), Przemysław Frankowski (7.5), Adrien Thomasson (6.4), Loïs Openda (7.6) and Angelo Fulgini (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Alexis Claude-Maurice (6.6), Ismaël Boura, Massadio Haïdara, David da Costa (6.2), Jean-Louis Leca, Łukasz Poręba, Deiver Machado (6.5), Wesley Saïd and Junior Onana.

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: Adrien Thomasson for Alexis Claude Maurice (74′), Angelo Fulgini for David Costa (74′), Przemyslaw Frankowski for Deiver Machado (80′), Loïs Openda for Wesley Saïd (81′) and F. Medina for Massadio Haïdara (90′).

Best player: Loïs Openda​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Loïs Openda.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 5 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Rennes – Lens – 0-1
• Auxerre – Troyes – 1-0