LORIENT. Rennes had a surprising win over Lorient with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Laborde (76′) and a goal from J. Doku (78′). Rennes took advantage of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastien Dechepy who had the assistance of Brice Parinet Le Tellier and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Samir Zolota. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rennes had a strong ball possession 58% while Lorient was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lorient was was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 0 were on target. Nonetheless, Rennes was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Lorient shot 7 times, 0 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Rennes shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Lorient didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Rennes received 2 yellow cards (L. Majer and J. Doku).

Standings

After this match, Lorient will stay with 15 points to hold in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Rennes will have 28 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away against Troyes on the 1st of December with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Troyes (2 draws).

Rennes will host Lille on the 1st of December with a 14-9 head to head in favor of Lille (15 draws).

Lorient – Formation

Lorient started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Christophe Pélissier decided to play with the following team: Paul Nardi (6.1), Houboulang Mendes (6.3), Julien Laporte (7.0), Leo Petrot (7.0), Igor Silva (6.4), Thomas Monconduit (6.2), Laurent Abergel (6.9), Enzo Le Fée (7.3), Samuel Loric (6.6), Adrian Grbić (6.4) and Armand Lauriente (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Terem Moffi (6.4), Teddy Bartouche, Loris Mouyokolo, Sambou Soumano (6.4), Quentin Boisgard (6.8), Dango Ouattara (6.2), Redwan Bourles, Baptiste Mouazan, Matthieu Dreyer, Thomas Fontaine and Théo Le Bris (6.8).

Substitutions

Lorient made 5 changes: A. Grbic for D. Ouattara (64′), E. Le Fee for T. Moffi (65′), A. Lauriente for Q. Boisgard (65′), H. Mendes for S. Soumano (82′) and T. Monconduit for T. Le Bris (82′).

Best player: Enzo Le Fée​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lorient was Enzo Le Fée.

His rating is (7.3) with 27 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Rennes – Formation

Rennes started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Bruno Génésio played with: Alfred Gomis (7.2), Hamari Traore (6.8), Loïc Badé (7.1), Nayef Aguerd (7.7), Adrien Truffert (7.5), Benjamin Bourigeaud (7.2), Lovro Majer (6.5), Jonas Martin (7.1), Kamaldeen Sulemana (6.6), Martin Terrier (6.9) and Gaëtan Laborde (7.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Lesley Ugochukwu, Baptiste Santamaria (6.5), Warmed Omari, Romain Salin, Jeremy Doku (7.1), Flavien Tait, Lorenz Assignon (6.8), Sehrou Guirassy (6.4) and Birger Meling (6.2).

Substitutions

Rennes made 5 changes: L. Majer for B. Santamaria (69′), K. D. Sulemana for J. Doku (69′), B. Bourigeaud for S. Guirassy (74′), H. Traore for L. Assignon (85′) and M. Terrier for B. Meling (85′).

Best player: Gaëtan Laborde​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rennes was Gaëtan Laborde.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 26 passes (65% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bordeaux – Brest – 1-2
• Lorient – Rennes – 0-2
• Olympique Marseille – Troyes – 1-0
• Monaco – Strasbourg – 1-1
• Montpellier – Olympique Lyonnais – 0-1
• Saint-Étienne – Paris Saint Germain – 1-3