Lyon vs Rennes

26 April 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Marc Bollengier

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

Malick Fofana 8’
Corentin Tolisso 25’
Alexandre Lacazette 39’
Georges Mikautadze 77’

Mohamed Meïté 50’

Match summary

Lyon won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Rennes. Lyon led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Malick Fofana put Lyon ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Thiago Almada, Corentin Tolisso made it 2-0 in the 25th minute, set up by Ainsley Maitland-Niles, and Alexandre Lacazette made it 3-0 in the 39th minute, set up by Thiago Almada. In the second half, Mohamed Meïté pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 50th minute and Georges Mikautadze made it 4-1 in the 77th minute, set up by Mathis Cherki.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 2.66 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Rennes's 0.78 from 10.

Match stats

14 Shots 10

8 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 2

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.26 xG 0.78

2.26 Non-penalty xG 0.78

11 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lyon Rennes

Kick-off

Malick Fofana
Assist: Thiago Almada

1-0

8’

Corentin Tolisso
Assist: Ainsley Maitland-Niles

2-0

25’

Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Thiago Almada

3-0

39’

Half-time3-0

50’

Mohamed Meïté

3-1

Georges Mikautadze
Assist: Mathis Cherki

4-1

77’

Full-time4-1

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.

Lyon 2.66 xGRennes 0.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rennes attacking Lyon attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lucas Perri	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.09	2
Clinton Mata	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Tagliafico	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nemanja Matic	MID	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Corentin Tolisso	MID	69	1		2	0.11	0.00	0
Mathis Cherki	MID	89		1	1	0.03	0.65	3
Thiago Almada	MID	90		2	2	0.08	0.21	4
Malick Fofana	MID	89	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	79	1		2	0.25	0.00	0
Tanner Tessmann	Sub	21			1	0.34	0.53	1
Jordan Veretout	Sub	11			1	0.02	0.00	0
Georges Mikautadze	Sub	11	1		3	1.02	0.34	1
Sael Kumbedi	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Abner	Sub	1			1	0.75	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Brice Samba	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérémy Jacquet	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.01	1
Lilian Brassier	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Anthony Rouault	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lorenz Assignon	MID	78		1	0.02	0.02	1
Adrien Truffert	MID	90		0	0.00	0.02	2
Azor Matusiwa	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Djaoui Cissé	MID	88		0	0.00	0.00	0
Seko Fofana	MID	78		2	0.04	0.03	1
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga	FWD	49		2	0.05	0.00	0
Mousa Al Tamari	FWD	49		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ludovic Blas	Sub	41		1	0.02	0.00	0
Mohamed Meïté	Sub	41	1	1	0.60	0.03	1
Kazeem Olaigbe	Sub	12		0	0.00	0.03	1
Andrés Gómez	Sub	12		1	0.03	0.00	0
Ismaël Koné	Sub	2		1	0.01	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 58% Avg odds 1.63

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.39

Rennes win 20% Avg odds 4.77

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

Form going into the game

Lyon W L W W L

Rennes L W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rennes 3-0 Lyon, 18 Aug 24 Next meeting: Rennes 3-1 Lyon, 14 Sep 25 All Lyon 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.