RENNES. Rennes conquers Olympique Marseille with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Bourigeaud (12′) and a goal from L. Majer (35′). Olympique Marseille lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien with the assistance of Frédéric Haquette and Hicham Zakrani. The 4th official was Olivier Thual. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 9 Total 8
- 4 On Target 0
- 5 Off Target 8
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 73 Attack 83
- 24 Dangerous attack 36
- 103 Ball safe 134
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 14 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Olympique Marseille had a superior ball possession 60% while Rennes was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille was more pushing with 36 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 0 were on target. Still, Rennes was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Rennes shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille shot 8 times, 0 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Rennes received 1 yellow card (F. Tait). Regarding the opposition, Olympique Marseille received 3 yellow cards (J. Sampaoli, D. Caleta-Car and P. Gueye).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Rennes will have 65 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille will stay with 68 points like Monaco to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Rennes will play away against Lille on the 21st of May with a 15-9 head to head stats in favor of Lille (15 draws).
Olympique Marseille will host Strasbourg on the 21st of May with a 8-0 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (6 draws).
Rennes – Formation
Rennes
81'
35'
27'
Rennes adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
Rennes made 5 changes: B. Bourigeaud for L. Assignon (77′), G. Laborde for S. Guirassy (80′), F. Tait for J. Martin (80′), A. Truffert for B. Meling (81′) and M. Terrier for C. Ugochukwu (90′).
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille
Also Olympique Marseille adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: .
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 2 changes: D. Caleta-Car for B. Dieng (64′) and P. Gueye for P. Lirola (73′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Bordeaux – Lorient – 0-0
- Olympique Lyonnais – Nantes – 3-2
- Metz – Angers SCO – 1-0
- Monaco – Brest – 4-2
- Montpellier – Paris Saint Germain – 0-4
- Nice – Lille – 1-3
- Rennes – Olympique Marseille – 2-0
- Saint-Étienne – Reims – 1-2
- Strasbourg – Clermont – 1-0
- Troyes – Lens – 1-3
