Rennes vs Lyon

9 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Mikael Lesage

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Clément Grenier 20’
Benjamin Bourigeaud 55’

Memphis Depay 79’
Jason Denayer 82’

Match summary

Rennes and Lyon shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Rennes led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Clément Grenier put Rennes ahead in the 20th minute, set up by Martin Terrier. In the second half, Benjamin Bourigeaud made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, Memphis Depay pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 79th minute, set up by Maxwel Cornet, and Jason Denayer equalised with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Memphis Depay.

There was little between the sides on chances: Rennes created 1.15 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Lyon 1.12 from 13.

Match stats

14 Shots 13

6 Shots on Target 4

2 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.15 xG 1.12

1.15 Non-penalty xG 1.12

4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Rennes Lyon

Kick-off

Clément Grenier
Assist: Martin Terrier

1-0

20’

Half-time1-0

Benjamin Bourigeaud

2-0

55’

79’

Memphis Depay
Assist: Maxwel Cornet

2-1

82’

Jason Denayer
Assist: Memphis Depay

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Rennes

Benjamin Bourigeaud

Lyon

Lucas Paquetá
Houssem Aouar

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.

Rennes 1.15 xGLyon 1.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Lyon attacking Rennes 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
Romain Salin	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hamari Traore	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.24	3
Gerzino Nyamsi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Naif Aguerd	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Adrien Truffert	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Steven N'Zonzi	MID	90			1	0.03	0.04	1
Jéremy Doku	MID	90			0	0.00	0.14	1
Eduardo Camavinga	MID	90			2	0.08	0.02	1
Clément Grenier	MID	77	1		2	0.50	0.06	1
Benjamin Bourigeaud	MID	90	1		4	0.22	0.09	2
Martin Terrier	FWD	77		1	3	0.23	0.38	2
Georginio Rutter	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Flavien Tait	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Anthony Lopes	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattia De Sciglio	DEF	89			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jason Denayer	DEF	90	1		1	0.40	0.00	0
Marcelo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxwel Cornet	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.06	1
Thiago Mendes	MID	90			1	0.03	0.06	2
Houssem Aouar	MID	90			2	0.10	0.08	2
Lucas Paquetá	MID	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tinotenda Kadewere	FWD	67			3	0.15	0.00	0
Memphis Depay	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.07	0.82	5
Karl Toko Ekambi	FWD	90			2	0.33	0.05	1
Maxence Caqueret	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mathis Cherki	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sinaly Diomande	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rennes win 25% Avg odds 3.79

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.62

Lyon win 49% Avg odds 1.95

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

Form going into the game

Rennes W W W W D

Lyon W D W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Lyon 0-1 Rennes, 15 Dec 19 Next meeting: Lyon 1-0 Rennes, 03 Mar 21 All Rennes vs Lyon 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.