Lyon vs Rennes

3 March 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Ruddy Buquet

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Houssem Aouar 74’

Match summary

Lyon beat Rennes 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Houssem Aouar put Lyon ahead in the 74th minute, set up by Memphis Depay.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 1.94 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Rennes's 0.59 from 12.

Match stats

Lyon Rennes
15 Shots 12
7 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.94 xG 0.59
1.94 Non-penalty xG 0.59
10 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lyon Rennes
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Houssem Aouar
Assist: Memphis Depay1-0 (Lyon)
74’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Lyon
  • Maxence Caqueret
Rennes
  • Hamari Traore
  • Clément Grenier
  • Jonas Martin

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 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.94 0.59 74’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), 1-0 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.94 0.59 74’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), 1-0 Aouar 74’
Lyon 1.94 xGRennes 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rennes attacking Lyon attacking 
63’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 74’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 57’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 14’ Steven N'Zonzi (Rennes), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 9’ Serhou Guirassy (Rennes), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 7’ Islam Slimani (Lyon), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 72’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 76’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 57’ Maxence Caqueret (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 70’ Steven N'Zonzi (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 72’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 64’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 46’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+2’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ Gerzino Nyamsi (Rennes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 31’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 55’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 67’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Serhou Guirassy (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 74’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 57’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 14’ Steven N'Zonzi (Rennes), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 9’ Serhou Guirassy (Rennes), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 7’ Islam Slimani (Lyon), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 72’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 76’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 57’ Maxence Caqueret (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 70’ Steven N'Zonzi (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 72’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 64’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 46’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+2’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 85’ Gerzino Nyamsi (Rennes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 55’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Jéremy Doku (Rennes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 67’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Clément Grenier (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Serhou Guirassy (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Anthony Lopes GK900 0.000.000
Léo Dubois DEF900 0.000.071
Jason Denayer DEF900 0.000.000
Marcelo DEF900 0.000.000
Mattia De Sciglio DEF900 0.000.000
Thiago Mendes MID901 0.030.021
Maxence Caqueret MID901 0.080.121
Bruno Guimarães MID600 0.000.000
Islam Slimani FWD601 0.080.000
Memphis Depay FWD8415 0.280.723
Karl Toko Ekambi FWD903 0.730.224
Houssem Aouar Sub3014 0.730.642
Tinotenda Kadewere Sub300 0.000.000
Maxwel Cornet Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 56% Avg odds 1.70
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.83
Rennes win 19% Avg odds 4.90

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

Form going into the game

Lyon WWLWD
Rennes DDLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Rennes 2-2 Lyon, 09 Jan 21 Next meeting: Rennes 4-1 Lyon, 07 Nov 21  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.