Lens vs Rennes

27 August 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Jérôme Brisard

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Seko Fofana 66’
  • Loïs Openda 70’
  • Gaetan Laborde 90+1’

Match summary

Lens beat Rennes 2-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Seko Fofana put Lens ahead in the 66th minute, set up by Jonathan Gradit, Loïs Openda made it 2-0 in the 70th minute, set up by Florian Sotoca, and Gaetan Laborde pulled one back to make it 2-1 in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lens created 1.16 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots, Rennes 0.89 from 12.

Match stats

Lens Rennes
17 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 6
7 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.16 xG 0.89
1.16 Non-penalty xG 0.89
6 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Lens Rennes
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Seko Fofana
Assist: Jonathan Gradit1-0 (Lens)
66’
Loïs Openda
Assist: Florian Sotoca2-0 (Lens)
70’
90+1’
Gaetan Laborde2-1 (Rennes)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Rennes
  • Désiré Doué

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 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.16 0.89 66’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 1-0 66’ 70’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 2-0 70’ 90+1’ Gaetan Laborde (Rennes), 2-1 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.16 0.89 66’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 1-0 Fofana 66’ 70’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 2-0 Openda 70’ 90+1’ Gaetan Laborde (Rennes), 2-1 Laborde 90+1’
Lens 1.16 xGRennes 0.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rennes attacking Lens attacking 
70’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 78’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 58’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 53’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 72’ Gaetan Laborde (Rennes), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+1’ Gaetan Laborde (Rennes), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 47’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 61’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 79’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 55’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 63’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+1’ Gaetan Laborde (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 58’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Désiré Doué (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 72’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 66’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 25’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 23’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 70’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 78’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 58’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 53’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 72’ Gaetan Laborde (Rennes), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+1’ Gaetan Laborde (Rennes), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 47’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 61’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 47’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 90+1’ Gaetan Laborde (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 55’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 63’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 72’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Désiré Doué (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 66’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 25’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 23’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Brice Samba GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF901 0.100.000
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF9010 0.000.062
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID891 0.020.051
Deiver Machado MID893 0.070.000
Salis Abdul Samed MID900 0.000.011
Seko Fofana MID9012 0.060.193
Florian Sotoca FWD8413 0.140.573
Loïs Openda FWD7813 0.610.011
David Pereira Da Costa FWD782 0.090.031
Ignatius Ganago Sub121 0.040.000
Wesley Said Sub121 0.040.000
Patrick Berg Sub60 0.000.041
Jimmy Cabot Sub10 0.000.000
Massadio Haidara Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 41% Avg odds 2.32
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.48
Rennes win 31% Avg odds 3.05

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

Form going into the game

Lens WDWDW
Rennes WDLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 1-0 Rennes, 08 Jan 22 Next meeting: Rennes 0-1 Lens, 01 Apr 23  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.