Lens vs Rennes

15 March 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Stéphanie Frappart

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Wesley Said 47’

Match summary

Lens saw off Rennes 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Wesley Said put Lens ahead with a header in the 47th minute, set up by Neil El Aynaoui.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lens created 0.64 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Rennes 0.65 from 12.

Match stats

Lens Rennes
9 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.64 xG 0.65
0.64 Non-penalty xG 0.65
6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Lens Rennes
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Wesley Said
Assist: Neil El Aynaoui1-0 (Lens)
47’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lens
  • Neil El Aynaoui
Rennes
  • Azor Matusiwa

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.64 0.65 47’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-0 47’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.64 0.65 47’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-0 Said 47’
Lens 0.64 xGRennes 0.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rennes attacking Lens attacking 
70’ Lorenz Assignon (Rennes), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 47’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.23 xG, goal 54’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 45’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 58’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 78’ Mikayil Faye (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 33’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 34’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Lorenz Assignon (Rennes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Nampalys Mendy (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 21’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Djaoui Cissé (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Djaoui Cissé (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 42’ Djaoui Cissé (Rennes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 60’ Mikayil Faye (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+2’ Kazeem Olaigbe (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 7’ Jérémy Jacquet (Rennes), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 70’ Lorenz Assignon (Rennes), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 47’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.23 xG, goal 54’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 45’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 58’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 33’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 78’ Mikayil Faye (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 34’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Lorenz Assignon (Rennes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Nampalys Mendy (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 21’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Djaoui Cissé (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Djaoui Cissé (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Djaoui Cissé (Rennes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 28’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 90+2’ Kazeem Olaigbe (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 60’ Mikayil Faye (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 7’ Jérémy Jacquet (Rennes), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF900 0.000.151
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.031
Juma Bah DEF900 0.000.061
Ruben Aguilar MID902 0.070.092
Deiver Machado MID900 0.000.000
Neil El Aynaoui MID9010 0.000.242
Nampalys Mendy MID691 0.030.000
Florian Sotoca FWD902 0.090.031
Wesley Said FWD9013 0.390.041
Jeremy Agbonifo FWD490 0.000.000
M'Bala Nzola Sub411 0.060.000
Adrien Thomasson Sub210 0.000.000
Andy Diouf Sub10 0.000.000
Malang Sarr Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 47% Avg odds 2.03
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41
Rennes win 25% Avg odds 3.80

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lens LLLLW
Rennes WLWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Rennes 1-1 Lens, 21 Sep 24 Next meeting: Rennes 0-0 Lens, 28 Sep 25  All Lens vs Rennes meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.