RENNES. Rennes defeated Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 thanks to M. Terrier who scored in the 38th and 77th minute. Olympique Lyonnais lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Stéphanie Frappart with the help of Mikael Berchebru and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Benjamin Lepaysant. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.1 degrees Celsius or 66.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Lyonnais had a strong ball possession 59% while Rennes was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rennes was more aggressive with 28 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rennes won the match​.

Rennes shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Olympique Lyonnais shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Rennes received 2 yellow cards (Xeka and L. Assignon). Regarding the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards (C. Tolisso and H. Aouar).

Standings

After this contest, Rennes will have 21 points like Monaco to remain in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Olympique Lyonnais will stay with 14 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Rennes will play away against Angers SCO on the 23rd of October with a 11-3 head to head statistic in favor of Rennes (4 draws).

Olympique Lyonnais will host Lille on the 30th of October with a 15-8 head to head record in favor of Lille (14 draws).

Rennes – Formation

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

The manager Bruno Génésio decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda (6.0), Lorenz Assignon (7.3), Christopher Wooh (6.6), Arthur Theate (6.4), Adrien Truffert (6.8), Benjamin Bourigeaud (7.6), Xeka (6.4), Flavien Tait (6.4), Martin Terrier (8.4), Arnaud Kalimuendo (6.4) and Amine Gouiri (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Doğan Alemdar, Lovro Majer (6.7), Birger Meling (6.4), Guéla Doué, Matthis Abline (6.5), Lesley Ugochukwu, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Désiré Doué (6.2) and Jeanuel Belocian.

Substitutions

Rennes made 4 changes: A. Kalimuendo for L. Majer (56′), B. Bourigeaud for D. Doue (69′), A. Gouiri for B. Meling (69′) and M. Terrier for M. Abline (82′).

Best player: Martin Terrier​

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

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 26 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

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

Laurent Blanc played with: Anthony Lopes (6.4), Sinaly Diomandé (6.9), Jérôme Boateng (6.8), Castello Lukeba (6.9), Malo Gusto (6.2), Maxence Caqueret (7.1), Corentin Tolisso (6.5), Nicolás Tagliafico (7.1), Houssem Aouar (6.6), Moussa Dembélé (6.6) and Alexandre Lacazette (8.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Rémy Riou, Damien Da Silva (6.1), Romain Faivre (6.4), Rayan Cherki, Henrique, Thiago Mendes, Karl Toko Ekambi, Tetê and Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (6.9).

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 5 changes: C. Tolisso for J. Reine-Adelaide (45′), J. Boateng for D. Da Silva (76′), H. Aouar for R. Faivre (76′), M. Gusto for Tete (86′) and N. Tagliafico for K. Toko Ekambi (86′).

Best player: Alexandre Lacazette​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was Alexandre Lacazette.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 30 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Toulouse – Angers SCO – 3-2
• Rennes – Olympique Lyonnais – 3-2
• Troyes – Ajaccio – 1-1
• Paris Saint Germain – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
• Nantes – Brest – 4-1
• Monaco – Clermont – 1-1
• Auxerre – Nice – 1-1