Rennes vs Lens

8 August 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Bastien Dechepy

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Kamaldeen Sulemana 14’
  • Seko Fofana 19’

Match summary

Rennes and Lens shared the points in a 1-1 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kamaldeen Sulemana put Rennes ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Flavien Tait and Seko Fofana equalised in the 19th minute, set up by Simon Banza.

Lens had the better of the chances, with 2.14 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Rennes's 0.60 from 10.

Match stats

Rennes Lens
10 Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 6
3 Corners 9
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.60 xG 2.14
0.60 Non-penalty xG 2.14
5 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Rennes Lens
Kick-off
Kamaldeen Sulemana
Assist: Flavien Tait1-0 (Rennes)
14’
19’
Seko Fofana
Assist: Simon Banza1-1 (Lens)
Half-time1-1
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Seko Fofana
  • Deiver Machado

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 0.60 2.14 14’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), 1-0 14’ 19’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 1-1 19’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.60 2.14 14’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), 1-0 Sulemana 14’ 19’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 1-1 Fofana 19’
Rennes 0.60 xGLens 2.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Rennes attacking 
90+3’ Kevin Danso (Lens), set piece, 0.62 xG, saved 59’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 19’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 90+3’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.43 xG, saved 89’ Romain Del Castillo (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.15 xG, off target 14’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 17’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 45’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 58’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 6’ Birger Meling (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 45’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 32’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ Hamari Traore (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 77’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Ismael Boura (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Kevin Danso (Lens), set piece, 0.62 xG, saved 59’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 19’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 90+3’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.43 xG, saved 89’ Romain Del Castillo (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.15 xG, off target 14’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 17’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 45’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 58’ Martin Terrier (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 6’ Birger Meling (Rennes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 32’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ Hamari Traore (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 67’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 52’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 65’ Ismael Boura (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alfred Gomis GK900 0.000.000
Hamari Traore DEF901 0.020.122
Loic Bade DEF900 0.000.000
Naif Aguerd DEF900 0.000.000
Birger Meling DEF901 0.050.041
Flavien Tait MID9012 0.080.081
Chimuanya Ugochukwu MID860 0.000.000
Eduardo Camavinga MID690 0.000.051
Benjamin Bourigeaud FWD860 0.000.000
Martin Terrier FWD862 0.120.000
Kamaldeen Sulemana FWD5813 0.170.051
Jéremy Doku Sub320 0.000.021
Serhou Guirassy Sub210 0.000.000
Matthis Abline Sub40 0.000.000
Romain Del Castillo Sub41 0.150.000
Andy Diouf Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rennes win 50% Avg odds 1.91
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.56
Lens win 23% Avg odds 4.09

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

Form going into the game

Rennes WLDLW
Lens WLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 0-0 Rennes, 06 Feb 21 Next meeting: Lens 1-0 Rennes, 08 Jan 22  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.