LENS. Lens bested Rennes to win 2-1. A goal from G. Laborde was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Lens to strike first with a goal of S. Fofana at the 66′. Then L. Openda scored again for Lens in the 70′ minute. Eventually, G. Laborde reduced the distance for Rennes (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

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 Jérôme Brisard with the collaboration of Alexis Auger and Thomas Luczynski. The 4th official was Ali Djedid. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.2 degrees Celsius or 64.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Lens was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Rennes that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rennes was putting more pressure with 43 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Lens managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Lens shot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Rennes shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Lens didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Rennes received 1 yellow card (D. Doue).

Standings

After this match, Lens will have 10 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Rennes will stay with 4 points like Brest, Lorient and Monaco to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will host Lorient on the 31st of August with a 11-4 head to head record in favor of Lorient (7 draws).

Rennes will host Brest on the 31st of August with a 10-3 head to head in favor of Rennes (6 draws).

Lens – Formation

Lens started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba (7.4), Jonathan Gradit (8.0), Kevin Danso (7.0), Facundo Medina (7.4), Przemysław Frankowski (7.4), Salis Abdul Samed (6.7), Seko Fofana (7.8), Deiver Machado (7.2), Florian Sotoca (7.5), Loïs Openda (7.8) and David da Costa (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ł. Poręba, Massadio Haïdara, J. Leca, Patrick Berg (6.2), Wesley Saïd (6.6), Ignatius Ganago (6.8), Jimmy Cabot, G. Kakuta and C. Wooh.

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: L. Openda for I. Ganago (76′), D. Costa for W. Said (76′), F. Sotoca for P. Berg (82′), P. Frankowski for J. Cabot (87′) and D. Machado for M. Haidara (87′).

Best player: Jonathan Gradit​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Jonathan Gradit even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 69 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Rennes – Formation

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

Bruno Génésio played with: Doğan Alemdar (6.2), Hamari Traore (6.5), Joe Rodon (6.8), Arthur Theate (6.8), Adrien Truffert (7.1), Désiré Doué (7.0), Baptiste Santamaria (6.8), Flavien Tait (6.5), Jeremy Doku (6.3), Martin Terrier (6.9) and Benjamin Bourigeaud (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: S. Mandanda, L. Badé, L. Assignon, J. Belocian, Matthis Abline (6.7), Kamaldeen Sulemana (7.1), Birger Meling (6.4), N. Françoise and Gaëtan Laborde (7.2).

Substitutions

Rennes made 4 changes: J. Doku for G. Laborde (61′), B. Bourigeaud for K. Sulemana (71′), D. Doue for M. Abline (82′) and A. Truffert for B. Meling (82′).

Best player: Gaëtan Laborde​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rennes was Gaëtan Laborde.

His rating is (7.2) with 1 goal, 7 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 61′.

Results of the day

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

• Lens – Rennes – 2-1
• Auxerre – Strasbourg – 1-0