LENS. Lens snatched a late win Rennes 1-0 after W. Said scored just 1 goal (89′). Lens took advantage of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien assisted by Aurélien Berthomieu and Mathieu Grosbost. The 4th official was Frank Schneider. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens was in firm control of the ball 58% while Rennes was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rennes had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Lens managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Lens shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rennes shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Lens received 1 yellow card (F. Medina). On the opposite side, Rennes received 1 yellow card (B. Bourigeaud).

Standings

After playing this match, Lens will have 30 points to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Rennes will stay with 31 points like Montpellier to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away with Saint-Étienne on the 15th of January with a 8-6 head to head record in favor of Lens (4 draws).

Rennes will host Bordeaux on the 16th of January with a 13-7 head to head in favor of Bordeaux (13 draws).

Lens – Formation

Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Jean-Louis Leca (7.1), Jonathan Gradit (7.6), Kevin Danso (7.2), Facundo Medina (7.2), Jonathan Clauss (7.6), Cheick Doucouré (7.2), Seko Fofana (6.5), Przemysław Frankowski (7.0), Gaël Kakuta (7.0), David Da Costa (7.0) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Florian Sotoca (6.8), Y. Barry, Patrick Berg (6.2), Corentin Jean (6.8), Wesley Saïd (7.3), Y. Cahuzac, I. Baldé, C. Wooh, Y. Pandor and Yacouba Barry.

Substitutions

Lens made 4 changes: D. Costa for P. Berg (70′), P. Frankowski for C. Jean (70′), G. Kakuta for W. Said (70′) and S. Fofana for F. Sotoca (85′).

Best player: Jonathan Gradit​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was Jonathan Gradit even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 63 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.

Rennes – Formation

Rennes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Bruno Génésio played with: Doğan Alemdar (6.5), Lorenz Assignon (7.1), Warmed Omari (7.2), Loïc Badé (7.1), Adrien Truffert (6.4), Baptiste Santamaria (6.2), Jonas Martin (7.2), Lovro Majer (7.3), Benjamin Bourigeaud (7.0), Gaëtan Laborde (6.2) and Martin Terrier (6.9).

They had on the bench: S. Guirassy, Flavien Tait (6.3), B. Meling, M. Abline, Loum Tchaouna (6.2), Jeremy Doku (6.9), A. Diouf, L. Ugochukwu and P. Bonet.

Substitutions

Rennes made 4 changes: L. Majer for F. Tait (56′), M. Terrier for J. Doku (56′), B. Bourigeaud for L. Tchaouna (76′) and J. Martin for S. Guirassy (90′).

Best player: Lovro Majer​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rennes was Lovro Majer.

His rating is (7.3) with 31 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Lens – Rennes – 1-0