RENNES. Rennes demolishes Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 with goals of G. Laborde (45′), H. Traore (51′), A. Truffert (76′) and A. Truffert (83′). Talking about the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais scored with L. Paqueta (90′ pen).
The match was played at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes on Sunday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien with the assistance of Aurélien Berthomieu and Djemel Zitouni. The 4th official was Olivier Thual. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.4 degrees Celsius or 45.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 23 Total 6
- 10 On Target 3
- 13 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 131 Attack 92
- 61 Dangerous attack 33
- 58 Ball safe 64
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 2
- 5 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Rennes was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Olympique Lyonnais that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rennes was was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rennes won the match.
Rennes shot 23 times, 10 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Rennes received 2 yellow cards (W. Omari and B. Santamaria). Talking about the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards (B. Guimaraes and I. Slimani).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Rennes will have 22 points to remain in the 5th place. On the other side, Olympique Lyonnais will stay with 19 points like Montpellier to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Rennes will host Montpellier on the 20th of November with a 10-9 head to head statistic in favor of Rennes (8 draws).
Olympique Lyonnais will host Olympique Marseille on the 21st of November with a 15-7 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (16 draws).
Rennes – Formation
Rennes
87'
51'
34'
Rennes started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Alfred Gomis , Hamari Traore , Warmed Omari , Nayef Aguerd , Birger Meling , Benjamin Bourigeaud , Baptiste Santamaria , Flavien Tait , Martin Terrier , Lovro Majer and Gaëtan Laborde .
The home team had on the bench: Lorenz Assignon, Sehrou Guirassy, Matthis Abline, Loum Tchaouna, Adrien Truffert , Loïc Badé, Romain Salin, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Lesley Ugochukwu.
Substitutions
Rennes made 5 changes: M. Terrier for A. Truffert (73′), B. Bourigeaud for K. D. Sulemana (73′), H. Traore for L. Assignon (87′), L. Majer for C. Ugochukwu (90′) and G. Laborde for S. Guirassy (90′).
Best player: Adrien Truffert
The player that probably impressed the most for Rennes was Adrien Truffert.
His rating is with 2 goals, 6 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 4.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 73′.
Olympique Lyonnais – Formation
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Peter Bosz played with: Anthony Lopes , Léo Dubois , Jérôme Boateng , Jason Denayer , Emerson Palmieri , Thiago Mendes , Bruno Guimarães , Maxence Caqueret , Karl Toko Ekambi , Lucas Paquetá and Houssem Aouar .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Henrique, Julian Pollersbeck, Islam Slimani , Xherdan Shaqiri, Rayan Cherki , Malo Gusto, Damien Da Silva, Sinaly Diomande and Castello Lukeba.
Substitutions
Olympique Lyonnais made 2 changes: B. Guimaraes for I. Slimani (46′) and K. Toko Ekambi for R. Cherki (82′).
Best player: Lucas Paquetá
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Lyonnais was Lucas Paquetá.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 25.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Lorient – Brest – 1-2
- Olympique Marseille – Metz – 0-0
- Nantes – Strasbourg – 2-2
- Nice – Montpellier – 0-1
- Reims – Monaco – 0-0
- Rennes – Olympique Lyonnais – 4-1
- Saint-Étienne – Clermont – 3-2
