Rennes vs Lens

1 April 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Loïs Openda 31’

Match summary

Lens took a 1-0 win at Rennes. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Loïs Openda put Lens ahead with a header in the 31st minute, set up by Florian Sotoca.

There was little between the sides on chances: Rennes created 1.21 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Lens 1.45 from 12.

Match stats

Rennes Lens
10 Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.21 xG 1.45
1.21 Non-penalty xG 1.45
7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Rennes Lens
Kick-off
31’
Loïs Openda
Assist: Florian Sotoca0-1 (Lens)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Rennes
  • Désiré Doué
  • Benjamin Bourigeaud
Lens
  • Kevin Danso
  • Adrien Thomasson

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.21 1.45 31’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 0-1 31’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.21 1.45 31’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 0-1 Openda 31’
Rennes 1.21 xGLens 1.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Rennes attacking 
44’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Rennes), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 14’ Kevin Danso (Lens), set piece, 0.44 xG, off target 32’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.42 xG, blocked 53’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 41’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 31’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 5’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 9’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 49’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 55’ Désiré Doué (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Amine Gouiri (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 84’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 70’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 12’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 78’ Arthur Theate (Rennes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 10’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Lovro Majer (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 72’ Lovro Majer (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 44’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Rennes), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 14’ Kevin Danso (Lens), set piece, 0.44 xG, off target 32’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.42 xG, blocked 53’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 41’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 31’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 5’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 9’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 49’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 55’ Désiré Doué (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Amine Gouiri (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 84’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 12’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 78’ Arthur Theate (Rennes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 10’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Lovro Majer (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Lovro Majer (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Steve Mandanda GK900 0.000.000
Hamari Traore DEF840 0.000.000
Arthur Theate DEF901 0.040.000
Warmed Omari DEF900 0.000.041
Christopher Wooh DEF570 0.000.000
Birger Meling DEF900 0.000.000
Désiré Doué MID571 0.060.000
Benjamin Bourigeaud MID903 0.480.573
Chimuanya Ugochukwu MID750 0.000.000
Karl Toko Ekambi MID571 0.490.000
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga FWD901 0.040.421
Lovro Majer Sub332 0.040.102
Amine Gouiri Sub331 0.060.000
Baptiste Santamaria Sub330 0.000.000
Jéremy Doku Sub150 0.000.000
Djed Spence Sub60 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rennes win 32% Avg odds 2.94
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.16
Lens win 38% Avg odds 2.54

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

Form going into the game

Rennes WWLDW
Lens WDDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 2-1 Rennes, 27 Aug 22 Next meeting: Lens 1-1 Rennes, 20 Aug 23  All Rennes vs Lens 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.