Lens vs Rennes

8 January 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Wesley Said 89’

Match summary

Lens won 1-0 at home to Rennes, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Wesley Said put Lens ahead in the 89th minute, set up by Jonathan Clauss.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lens created 0.58 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Rennes 0.33 from 5.

Match stats

Lens Rennes
11 Shots 5
4 Shots on Target 0
12 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.58 xG 0.33
0.58 Non-penalty xG 0.33
7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lens Rennes
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Wesley Said
Assist: Jonathan Clauss1-0 (Lens)
89’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Facundo Medina
Rennes
  • Benjamin Bourigeaud

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 0.58 0.33 89’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.58 0.33 89’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-0 Said 89’
Lens 0.58 xGRennes 0.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rennes attacking Lens attacking 
78’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 59’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 89’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 19’ Lovro Majer (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 30’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 21’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 42’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 11’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 9’ Lovro Majer (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 13’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 78’ Wesley Said (Lens), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Corentin Jean (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 59’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 89’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 19’ Lovro Majer (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 30’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 21’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 42’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 11’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 9’ Lovro Majer (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 13’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 78’ Wesley Said (Lens), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Corentin Jean (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jean-Louis Leca GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Clauss MID9010 0.000.164
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID700 0.000.000
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID900 0.000.082
Seko Fofana MID852 0.110.092
Gaël Kakuta MID701 0.020.041
David Pereira Da Costa MID702 0.050.000
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga FWD903 0.270.000
Corentin Jean Sub201 0.020.000
Wesley Said Sub2012 0.120.000
Patrick Berg Sub200 0.000.000
Florian Sotoca Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 37% Avg odds 2.59
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.44
Rennes win 35% Avg odds 2.71

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

Form going into the game

Lens DDDLL
Rennes WLWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Rennes 1-1 Lens, 08 Aug 21 Next meeting: Lens 2-1 Rennes, 27 Aug 22  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.