RENNES. Lorient defeats Rennes 1-0 after A. Theate scored an own goal 65min. Rennes was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes on Sunday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. The referee was Bastien Dechepy with the support of Brice Parinet Le Tellier and Julien Haulbert. The 4th official was Anthony Ustaritz. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28 degrees Celsius or 82.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 24%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rennes had a strong ball possession 64% while Lorient was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rennes had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Lorient was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Rennes shot 18 times, 3 on target, 15 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lorient shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Rennes received 3 yellow cards (A. Truffert, A. Theate and H. Traore). Talking about the opposition, Lorient received 1 yellow card (V. Le Goff).

Standings

After playing this match, Rennes stays with 0 points to occupy the 16th place in the standings. On the other side, Lorient has 0 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Rennes will host Ajaccio on the 21st of August with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Rennes (1 draw).

Lorient will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 14th of August with a 13-6 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (9 draws).

Rennes – Formation

Rennes adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda (6.4), Hamari Traore (6.8), Joe Rodon (6.7), Arthur Theate (6.8), Adrien Truffert (6.4), Lovro Majer (6.6), Baptiste Santamaria (6.8), Flavien Tait (6.5), Benjamin Bourigeaud (6.9), Gaëtan Laborde (7.0) and Martin Terrier (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Désiré Doué (6.9), Loïc Badé, Lesley Ugochukwu, Noah Francoise, Serhou Guirassy (6.6), Kamaldeen Sulemana (6.5), Doğan Alemdar, Jeremy Doku (7.4) and Jeanuel Belocian.

Substitutions

Rennes made 4 changes: L. Majer for S. Guirassy (68′), B. Bourigeaud for K. Sulemana (73′), F. Tait for D. Doue (73′) and G. Laborde for J. Doku (73′).

Best player: Martin Terrier​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rennes was Martin Terrier.

His rating is (7.8) with 44 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 10.

Lorient – Formation

Also Lorient adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Régis Le Bris played with: Yvon Mvogo (8.3), Gedeon Kalulu (7.7), Julien Laporte (7.4), Montassar Talbi (7.2), Vincent Le Goff (7.1), Dango Ouattara (6.4), Laurent Abergel (7.1), Bonke Innocent (6.4), Enzo Le Fée (6.8), Terem Moffi (7.0) and Armand Lauriente (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Darline Zidane Yongwa Ngameni, Leo Petrot, Théo Le Bris (6.4), Stéphane Diarra, Adrian Grbić, Quentin Boisgard, Ibrahima Kone (6.6), Loris Mouyokolo and Paul Nardi.

Substitutions

Lorient made 3 changes: B. Innocent for T. Le Bris (67′), T. Moffi for I. Kone (84′) and A. Lauriente for S. Diarra (90′).

Best player: Yvon Mvogo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was the goalkeeper: Yvon Mvogo. His rating is 8.34. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Marseille – Reims – 4-1
• Angers SCO – Nantes – 0-0
• Lens – Brest – 3-2
• Montpellier – Troyes – 3-2
• Lille – Auxerre – 4-1
• Toulouse – Nice – 1-1
• Rennes – Lorient – 0-1