Rennes vs Lens

5 December 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Johan Hamel

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga 28’
  • Ignatius Ganago 78’

Match summary

Lens took a 2-0 win at Rennes. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga put Lens ahead in the 28th minute, set up by Gaël Kakuta and Ignatius Ganago made it 0-2 in the 78th minute, set up by Seko Fofana.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 0.93 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots to Rennes's 0.50 from 10.

Match stats

Rennes Lens
10 Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.50 xG 0.93
0.50 Non-penalty xG 0.93
7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Rennes Lens
Kick-off
28’
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga
Assist: Gaël Kakuta0-1 (Lens)
Half-time0-1
78’
Ignatius Ganago
Assist: Seko Fofana0-2 (Lens)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Rennes
  • Steven N'Zonzi
Lens
  • Jonathan Gradit
  • Loic Bade
  • Yannick Cahuzac

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.50 0.93 28’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 0-1 28’ 78’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 0-2 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.50 0.93 28’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 0-1 Muinga 28’ 78’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 0-2 Ganago 78’
Rennes 0.50 xGLens 0.93 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Rennes attacking 
78’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 57’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 31’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 28’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 73’ M'Baye Niang (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 15’ Romain Del Castillo (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ M'Baye Niang (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 77’ Faitout Maouassa (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 25’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Hamari Traore (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 88’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 78’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 57’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 31’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 28’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 73’ M'Baye Niang (Rennes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 15’ Romain Del Castillo (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ M'Baye Niang (Rennes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 77’ Faitout Maouassa (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 25’ Flavien Tait (Rennes), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Adrien Truffert (Rennes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Hamari Traore (Rennes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 88’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Romain Salin GK900 0.000.000
Hamari Traore DEF901 0.010.000
Damien Da Silva DEF900 0.000.000
Gerzino Nyamsi DEF470 0.000.000
Adrien Truffert DEF471 0.010.000
Steven N'Zonzi MID900 0.000.000
Romain Del Castillo MID471 0.060.121
Benjamin Bourigeaud MID901 0.030.000
James Edward Lea Siliki MID710 0.000.041
Flavien Tait MID903 0.190.011
Adrien Hunou FWD470 0.000.000
Jéremy Doku Sub430 0.000.081
Eduardo Camavinga Sub430 0.000.000
Faitout Maouassa Sub431 0.050.061
M'Baye Niang Sub432 0.140.000
Yann Gboho Sub190 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rennes win 45% Avg odds 2.10
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41
Lens win 27% Avg odds 3.53

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

Form going into the game

Rennes LWLLD
Lens LDWDL

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Lens 0-0 Rennes, 06 Feb 21  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.